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SUBJECT:
Purpose
8/U/15
Your Trip t o Europe i n May
To approve the o u t l i n e o f your May t r i p t o Europe and decide
whether t o stop i n London f o r a meeting w i t h Tony B l a i r .
Background
You w i l l be making a short t r i p t o Europe i n l a t e May. At t h i s
p o i n t , you w i l l be departing the evening o f Memorial Day, Monday,
May 26 and r e t u r n i n g Thursday, May 29. This t r i p w i l l focus
l a r g e l y on European s e c u r i t y i n the run-up t o the Madrid NATO
Summit i n July.
There are two a l t e r n a t i v e scenarios f o r the t r i p . I f we succeed
i n n e g o t i a t i n g a NATO-Russia agreement w i t h Moscow (and we are
c a u t i o u s l y o p t i m i s t i c ) , then the f i r s t major event o f your t r i p
w i l l be a NATO-Russia Summit May 27 i n Paris. A NATO-Russia
agreement would be a major step toward achieving your v i s i o n o f a
democratic, undivided and prosperous Europe. The Summit and
r e l a t e d events would take v i r t u a l l y a l l day Tuesday.
For May 28, you have accepted the i n v i t a t i o n o f the Dutch
Government t o v i s i t The Hague t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n the semiannual
U.S.-EU Summit and d e l i v e r an address commemorating the 50th
anniversary o f the Marshall Plan. We envisage t h a t address as a
major speech t o the people o f Europe l i n k i n g your v i s i o n f o r
Europe's f u t u r e w i t h the generosity and commitment o f the
Marshall Plan. The Dutch have i n v i t e d each o f the 52 OSCE
countries t o send t h e i r heads of state or government and two
youth leaders t o the Marshall event; a t t h i s p o i n t we expect 40
of those leaders, i n c l u d i n g Kohl and p o s s i b l y Y e l t s i n , t o attend.
There w i l l not be time f o r b i l a t e r a l meetings i n the Hague but
Queen B e a t r i x w i l l host a luncheon i n your honor f o r the v i s i t i n g
leaders.
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The t h i r d major piece o f the t r i p , subject t o your agreement,
would be a short stop i n London t o meet w i t h Tony B l a i r . A stop
i n London would be seen by the B r i t i s h p u b l i c as a compliment t o
B l a i r and would set the stage f o r what we expect t o be an
extremely productive r e l a t i o n s h i p . We would also recommend t h a t
you use an e a r l y meeting w i t h B l a i r t o encourage him t o t r y t o
make progress on Northern I r e l a n d r i g h t away, rather than p u t t i n g
i t on the back burner. I f there i s a NATO-Russia Summit May 27
you could stop i n London on your way back t o Washington May 29;
i f there i s no Summit, you could stop there on your way t o The
Hague May 27.
I w i l l send you a more d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n o f the themes and
goals o f the t r i p closer t o the event; a t t h i s p o i n t I would
appreciate your agreement t o the o u t l i n e described above and your
decision on London.
RECOMMENDATION
That you approve the general o u t l i n e f o r the t r i p described
above.
Approve
Disapprove
That you agree t o stop in-^London t o see Tony B l a i r ,
Approve
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FROM:
SAMUEL BERGE
SUBJECT:
Your Phone C a l l w i t h Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r ,
June 10, 1997, 2:45 p.m.
My c o u n t e r p a r t John Holmes c a l l e d t o ask t h a t you accept a c a l l
from Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r t h i s a f t e r n o o n . B l a i r wants t o g i v e
you an update on t h e B r i t i s h response t o t h e f o u r issues Sinn
Fein has s a i d must be s e t t l e d b e f o r e t h e y can go t o t h e IRA f o r a
c e a s e f i r e . We expect B l a i r w i l l a l s o ask t h a t you take a tough
l i n e on t h e resumption o f v i o l e n c e i n N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d .
I n h i s May 16 speech i n N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d , B l a i r announced t h a t
B r i t i s h o f f i c i a l s would meet w i t h Sinn Fein r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t o
d i s c u s s t h e p r o s p e c t s f o r a c e a s e f i r e (the f i r s t such meetings
s i n c e t h e c e a s e f i r e was broken i n February 1996). There have
been two meetings so f a r . Sinn Fein has s a i d i t needs p r o g r e s s
on f o u r p o i n t s : a date f o r Sinn Fein e n t r y i n t o t a l k s once t h e r e
i s a c e a s e f i r e ; assurance t h a t t h e decommissioning i s s u e w i l l n o t
b l o c k m e a n i n g f u l n e g o t i a t i o n s ; a timeframe t o ensure t h a t
n e g o t i a t i o n s do h o t go on i n d e f i n i t e l y ; and c o n f i d e n c e - b u i l d i n g
measures from t h e B r i t i s h Government. Though Sinn Fein has n o t
s a i d so e x p l i c i t l y , i t should a l r e a d y be s a t i s f i e d on two o f
those p o i n t s : t h e timeframe and c o n f i d e n c e - b u i l d i n g measures
(e.g. t h e t r a n s f e r o f p r i s o n e r s , acknowledgment o f p a r t i a l
B r i t i s h r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e Great Famine, and Mo Mowlam's
comments on r e f o r m o f p o l i c e ) .
Sinn Fein has complained t h a t t h e B r i t i s h have n o t y e t s e t a f i r m
date f o r t h e i r e n t r y i n t o t a l k s c o n t i n g e n t on a c e a s e f i r e , b u t
t h e y u n d e r s t a n d t h a t t h e B r i t i s h would be w i l l i n g t o do so.. I t
i s t h e decommissioning i s s u e t h a t may prove t h e most i n t r a c t a b l e .
D u b l i n and London are now w o r k i n g o u t t h e i r d i f f e r e n c e s over how
t o handle t h i s i s s u e i n t h e B e l f a s t t a l k s , b u t they w i l l have t o
s e l l David T r i m b l e and t h e U l s t e r U n i o n i s t P a r t y on whatever p l a n
t h e y agree on. Up t o t h i s p o i n t , T r i m b l e has remained adamant
t h a t decommissioning must s t a r t b e f o r e t h e t a l k s move i n t o t h e i r
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s u b s t a n t i v e phase; t h e governments want t o use M i t c h e l l ' s f o r m u l a
o f decommissioning " i n p a r a l l e l " w i t h progress i n n e g o t i a t i o n s .
About 10 days ago, what had looked l i k e a "de f a c t o " IRA
c e a s e f i r e began t o u n r a v e l when t h e IRA abandoned a van f u l l o f
e x p l o s i v e s ( r e p o r t e d l y n o t primed t o explode) t h a t was p r o b a b l y
on i t s way t o a m i l i t a r y s i t e . Today t h e IRA c l a i m e d
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r a s h o o t i n g a t t a c k on B r i t i s h t r o o p s i n which
no one was i n j u r e d .
The B r i t i s h have made c l e a r t h a t they are deeply concerned about
the renewal o f IRA v i o l e n c e , even i f i t has n o t c l a i m e d any
v i c t i m s y e t . B l a i r w i l l want your support i n condemning t h i s
v i o l e n c e and making c l e a r t o t h e IRA t h a t i t i s
c o u n t e r p r o d u c t i v e , as w e l l as wrong.
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General p o i n t s as a p p r o p r i a t e :
•
As always w i l l do what we can t o h e l p .
•
Renewal o f IRA v i o l e n c e deeply u n s e t t l i n g , coming as Sinn
Fein's e l e c t o r a l successes show t h a t they have a f u t u r e i f
they pursue t h e democratic p a t h .
•
With your government, e l e c t i o n o f Ahern, M i t c h e l l i n B e l f a s t
and my own commitment, IRA has best p o s s i b l e c o n s t e l l a t i o n .
I f t h e y do n o t grab o p p o r t u n i t y , agree t h a t t a l k s must move
ahiad w i t h o u t them (though w i t h o u t c l o s i n g door t o Sinn Fein
p a r t i c i p a t i o n on b a s i s o f a c e a s e f i r e . )
I f Blair
says
HMG o f f i c i a l s will
stop
meeting
with
Sinn
Fein:
•
Understand t h a t you f e e l you must do t h i s .
o n l y wrong b u t c o m p l e t e l y i l l o g i c a l .
•
Assume you w i l l c o n t i n u e t o seek agreement w i t h D u b l i n on how
to handle decommissioning. S t i l l t h i n k you need t o p u t a l l
p i e c e s i n p l a c e so t h a t t h e r e i s no excuse f o r IRA n o t c a l l i n g
ceasefire.
•
W i l l you s t o p c o n t a c t s w i t h Sinn Fein
I f Blair
asks
for
strong
message
IRA v i o l e n c e n o t
indefinitely?
condemning
IRA
violence:
•
NSC (Jim S t e i n b e r g ) a l r e a d y p l a n s t o d e l i v e r tough message t o
Adams on resumption o f v i o l e n c e i n N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d .
(Call
w i l l p r o b a b l y take p l a c e Thursday).
•
I f asked: W i l l be happy t o have Mike McCurry make p u b l i c
statement condemning renewed v i o l e n c e .
•
I f appropriate:
I f you are n o t t a l k i n g t o Sinn Fein d i r e c t l y ,
we w i l l be happy t o pass any o t h e r messages you may have.
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You have taken number o f c o n f i d e n c e - b u i l d i n g steps -- your
moves on p r i s o n e r s , your comment on t h e famine ( f i r s t B r i t i s h
acknowledgment o f some r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ) . Mo Mowlam's remarks on
need f o r r e f o r m o f p o l i c i n g . A l l have made c l e a r your good
f a i t h , d e t e r m i n a t i o n t o addross a l l aspects o f problem.
•
On timeframe, agree t h a t May 1998 e x p i r a t i o n o f your
l e g i s l a t i o n a u t h o r i z i n g t h e Forum i s n a t u r a l p e r i o d t o assess
progress o f n e g o t i a t i o n s .
•
Urge you t o press ahead w i t h I r i s h t o reach agreement on how
to handle decommissioning and how t o s e l l i t t o T r i m b l e . I f
t h e r e i s any chance f o r c e a s e f i r e , w i l l o n l y happen i f IRA
assured Sinn Fein w i l l n o t be s t u c k i n t a l k s about
decommissioning.
•
On date f o r Sinn Fein e n t r y , have i m p r e s s i o n t h i s can be
worked o u t as l o n g as t a l k s do n o t proceed i n p l e n a r y s e s s i o n
w i t h o u t Sinn Fein a f t e r an IRA c e a s e f i r e .
New I r i s h Government
•
A l t h o u g h new government ( l e d by B e r t i e Ahern) w i l l n o t be
f o r m a l l y i n p l a c e u n t i l June 26, understand t o p I r i s h
o f f i c i a l s expect t o be empowered t o a c t when t h e y meet your
o f f i c i a l s next week t o d i s c u s s decommissioning.
•
Doubt you w i l l see change.in b a s i c I r i s h p o s i t i o n s on peace
p r o c e s s . What do you t h i n k ?
NATO
•
Have been c o n s i d e r i n g f u r t h e r which c o u n t r i e s t o i n v i t e t o
j o i n NATO a t Madrid and w i l l be meeting w i t h C o n g r e s s i o n a l
l e a d e r s tomorrow.
•
W i l l be i n touch w i t h you i n couple o f day t o d i s c u s s how t o
b r i n g t h i s issue t o closure w i t h i n A l l i a n c e — i f p o s s i b l e ,
w i t h o u t messy argument w i t h Jacques C h i r a c .
•
I f asked: S t i l l l e a n i n g toward s m a l l f i r s t group combined
w i t h s t r o n g "open door" t o assure those.not s e l e c t e d t h a t
process w i l l c o n t i n u e . W i l l e l a b o r a t e when we t a l k a g a i n .
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
11 JUNE 1997.
CONriDCHTIAfc AND PERSONAL
DEAR BILL
IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU ON THE PHONE LAST NIGHT, PARTICULARLY
ABOUT NORTHERN IRELAND. I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR AGREEING TO USE YOUR
INFLUENCE WITH SINN FEIN TO PUT A STOP TO RENEWED IRA VIOLENCE, WHICH
COULD HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES JUST AT THE TIME WHEN WE ARE
TRYING TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. THE KILLING OF A LOYALIST TERRORIST
THIS MORNING FURTHER INCREASES MY FEARS, ALTHOUGH RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THIS IS NOT YET CLEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GET SINN FEIN INTO THE TALKS IF I CAN. WE HAVE
HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THEM AT OFFICIAL LEVEL TO CLARIFY OUR POSITION
ON VARIOUS ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THEM, AND TO SET OUT OUR OWN. I NOW
WANT OFFICIALS TO SEND THEM A SHORT PIECE OF PAPER BY THE END OF THIS
WEEK, SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN NO DOUBT OF WHERE WE STAND. I ATTACH A
COPY OF WHAT WE PROPOSE TO SEND. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD
TREAT THIS IN STRICT CONFIDENCE FOR THE MOMENT. WE MAY WANT TO
ARRANGE A FURTHER MEETING OF OFFICIALS WITH SINN FEIN EARLY NEXT
WEEK, BUT THAT ITSELF IS SERIOUSLY THREATENED BY CONTINUING IRA
VIOLENCE.
IN ANY CASE I PLAN TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT OUR POSITION, PROBABLY
NEXT WEEK. THIS WOULD EXPLAIN AGAIN OUR POSITION ON
CONFIDENCE-BUILDING, DECOMMISSIONING, AND THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE
NEGOTIATIONS. IT WOULD ALSO SET OUT THAT WE HAVE IN MIND A PERIOD OF
SOME SIX WEEKS TO ASSESS A CEASEFIRE. IN OTHER WORDS A CEASEFIRE
IN MID-JUNE WOULD LEAD, IF IT WERE SATISFACTORY IN WORD AND DEED, TO
SINN FEINS FORMAL ENTRY INTO THE TALKS BY THE END OF JULY.
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I SHOULD ADD THAT I PROPOSE TO ENSURE THAT THE SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL
TALKS GET UNDER WAY IN SEPTEMBER, WHETHER SINN FEIN ARE IN THE TALKS
OR NOT. I AM NOT PRPEARED TO ALLOW FURTHER DELAY. SO SINN FEIN NEED
TO MAKE UP THEIR MINDS WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE POLITICAL
PROCESS OR NOT.
I HOPE YOU WILL BE READY TO SUPPORT FULLY THIS APPROACH. I AM
PREPARED TO MAKE A REASONABLE OFFER TO SINN FEIN, DESPITE THE RISKS
THIS ENTAILS. I HOPE THEY WILL NOT MISUNDERSTAND THE POSITION OR MY
DETERMINATION. I WILL NOT TOLERATE AN APPROACH FROM THEM WHICH CLAIMS
TO BE POLITICAL BUT REMAINS UNDERPINNED BY VIOLENCE OR THE THREAT OF
IT. THEIR CURRENT TWIN-TRACK STRATEGY LEAVES ME GENUINELY ALARMED
ABOUT THEIR SINCERITY.
I WANT TO MAKE RAPID PROGRESS THIS SUMMER AND WILL DO EVERYTHING I
CAN TO ACHIEVE THIS. I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOUR INFLUENCE TO HELP ME
DO SO.
KINDEST REGARDS TO HILLARY.
YOURS EVER
TONY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AIDE MEMOIRE
MEETINGS WITH SINN FEIN
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS ON 21 AND 28 MAY WAS TO ENSURE THERE WAS
NO MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERNMENTS POSITION OR OF SINN FEINS.
THIS NOTE SETS OUT THE GOVERNMENTS POSITION, IN PARTICULAR ON THE
POINTS RAISED BY SINN FEIN.
FIRST, SINN FEINS PARTICIPATION IN TALKS. THE ENTRY OF SINN FEIN
INTO THE TALKS REQUIRES AN UNEQUIVOCAL RESTORATION OF THE IRA
CEASEFIRE. NEGOTIATING WHILE VIOLENCE CONTINUES, OR UNDER THE THREAT
OF VIOLENCE, IS UNACCEPTABLE.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE THE TALKS PROCEED ON AN INCLUSIVE
BASIS, AND MOVE ON TO THE SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL ISSUES AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE, AND IN ANY CASE BY SEPTEMBER. IT WANTS TO SEE SINN FEIN
PARTICIPATING IN THESE TALKS. SINN FEINS ENTRY IS GOVERNED BY THE
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPHS 8 AND 9 OF THE GROUND RULES
FOR ALL-PARTY NEGOTIATIONS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS LEGALLY
OBLIGED TO ISSUE AN INVITATION TO SINN FEIN WHEN SHE CONSIDERS THOSE
REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, HAVING MADE A POLITICAL JUDGEMENT OF ALL THE
CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE ROUND.
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SOME TIME WILL BE NEEDED TO ASSESS A CEASEFIRE TO SEE THAT WORDS AND
DEEDS ARE MATCHING BEFORE SUCH A JUDGEMENT CAN BE MADE. WE UNDERSTAND
THAT AN OPEN-ENDED TIME PERIOD GIVES RISE TO ACCUSATIONS OF BAD
FAITH.
WE ARE PREPARED THEREFORE TO REMOVE ANY MISUNDERSTANDING BY SAYING
THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR SUCH A JUDGEMENT IS SOME 6 WEEKS. IF AN
UNEQUIVOCAL CEASEFIRE IS IN PLACE BY MID-JUNE, AND IS SATISFACTORY IN
WORD AND DEED, SINN FEIN WOULD BE INVITED TO A PLENARY SESSION
OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BY THE END OF JULY. THAT WOULD BE THE OCCASION
FOR SINN FEIN TO MAKE CLEAR ITS COMMITMENT TO THE MITCHELL 6
PRINCIPLES.
IN THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A CEASEFIRE, WE EXPECT
PARTICIPANTS MIGHT WISH TO CONSIDER ADJOURNING THE TALKS. AS WAS SAID
BY THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT AND THIS GOVERNMENT, MINISTERIAL MEETINGS
WITH SINN FEIN WOULD BE POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS BILATERAL AND OTHER
MEETINGS IN CASTLE BUILDINGS, INCLUDING BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT
CHAIRMEN AND SINN FEIN. SINN FEIN WOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESo TO AN OFFICE
IN CASTLE BUILDINGS.
SECOND, TIMEFRAME. BECAUSE OF ITS CONCERN TO GET THIS PROCESS MOVING,
THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THE TALKS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE BEYOND MAY
1998, THE DATE ENVISAGED BY CURRENT LEGISLATION AND THAT A SETTLEMENT
SHOULD BE ACHIEVED BY THEN. THERE WILL BE REGULAR REVIEWS OF'
PROGRESS.
THIRD, DECOMMISSIONING. THE TALKS PARTICIPANTS ARE CURRENTLY
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF DECOMMISSIONING. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS
MADE IT CLEAR IT SUPPORTS PARALLELDECOMMISSIONING AS RECOMMENDED BY
MITCHELL AND THAT m W A N T ^ T O RESOLVE THIS RAPIDLY TO THE
SATISFACTION OF TH^PARTICIPANTS SO THAT IT DOES NOT BLOCK THE START
OF SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS IN SEPTEMBER. IT IS WORKING
WITH THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO DO SO. THIS CAN ONLY BE ON THE BASIS
OF IMPLEMENTING ALL ASPECTS OF THE MITCHELL REPORT. AS MUTUAL
PROGRESS IS MADE ON POLITICAL ISSUES AND DECOMMISSIONING, THIS CAN
CREATE GROWING MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE ON ALL SIDES.
ANY AGREEMENT ON DECOMMISSIONING SEEMS LIKELY TO INCLUDE A COMMITMENT
BY EACH PARTICIPANT TO WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY AND IN GOOD FAITH TO
IMPLEMENT ALL ASPECTS OF THE MITCHELL REPORT? AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION, TO BE ESTABLISHED IN PARALLEL WITH THE LAUNCH OF
SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS? A DEDICATED COMMITTEE OF
THE PLENARY TO ADVANCE ALL ASPECTS OF THE MITCHELL REPORT? AND A
REVIEW MECHANISM FOR PROGRESS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS.
FOURTH, CONFIDENCE-BUILDING. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE
ON ALL SIDES OF THE COMMUNITY, BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY OF
OPPORTUNITY, EQUITY OF TREATMENT AND PARITY OF ESTEEM. MEASURES
ALREADY ANNOUNCED INCLUDE THE INCORPORATION OF THE ECHR INTO DOMESTIC
LAW? A REVIEW OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE? A
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COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE LABOUR MARKET? A
COMMITMENT TO LEGISLATE THIS YEAR ON THE NORTH REPORT? AND A
COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT PROPOSALS TO DEVELOP A POLICING SERVICE
CAPABLE OF SECURING THE SUPPORT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING A
MORE INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS SYSTEM.
CONFIDENCE-BUILDING IS OF COURSE A TWO WAY STREET. A GENUINE AND
LASTING ABANDONMENT OF VIOLENCE WOULD DO MORE TO REBUILD CONFIDENCE
ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAN ANY OTHER STEP. OTHER PARAMILITARY ACTIVITY
SUCH AS INTIMIDATION THROUGH SO-CALLED PUNISHMENT ATTACKS SHOULD ALSO
STOP, ON ALL SIDES. THIS WOULD HELP THE GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND
IMAGINATIVELY IN AREAS SUCH AS SECURITY-FORCE DEPLOYMENTS.
SINN FEINS CONCERNS WERE SET OUT IN ITS PAPER OF 10 OCTOBER. THIS
NOTE ANSWERS THOSE CONCERNS FULLY. AN IMMEDIATE AND UNEQUIVOCAL IRA
CEASEFIRE IS NOW NEEDED TO ENABLE SINN FEIN TO ENTER THE TALKS AS SET
OUT ABOVE. IF SINN FEIN DO NOT ENTER THE TALKS, THE SUBSTANTIVE
NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE TAKEN FORWARD IN SEPTEMBER IN ANY EVENT.
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MESSAGE FROM JOHN HOLMES
TO SANDY BERGER
DEAR SANDY
I WAS GRATEFUL THAT YOUR PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND SO QUICKLY TO
THE DRAFT AIDE MEMOIRE WHICH WE SENT TO YOU UNDER COVER OF A LETTER
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE PRESIDENT. WE HAVE TRIED TO TAKE
ACCOUNT OF THE COMMENTS YOU AND THE IRISH GOVERNMENT HAVE MADE. I
NOW ENCLOSE A REVISED VERSION OF THE AIDE MEMOIRE, WHICH WE ARE
PASSING TO SINN FEIN THIS EVENING.
YOURS EVER
JOHN HOLMES
BEGINS
AIDE MEMOIRE
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING ON 21 AND 28 MAY WAS TO ENSURE THERE
WAS NO MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERNMENTS POSITION OR OF SINN
FEINS. THIS NOTE SETS OUT THE GOVERNMENTS POSITION, IN PARTICULAR ON
THE POINTS RAISED BY SINN FEIN.
FIRST, SINN FEINS PARTICIPATION IN TALKS. THE ENTRY OF SINN FEIN INTO
THE TALKS REQUIRES AN UNEQUIVOCAL RESTORATION OF THE IRA CEASEFIRE.
NEGOTIATING WHILE VIOLENCE CONTINUES, OR UNDER THE THREAT OF
VIOLENCE, IS UNACCEPTABLE.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE THE TALKS PROCEED ON AN
INCLUSIVE BASIS, AND MOVE ON TO THE SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL ISSUES AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND IN ANY CASE BY SEPTEMBER. IT WANTS TO SEE
SINN FEIN PARTICIPATING IN THESE TALKS. SINN FEIN'S ENTRY IS GOVERNED
BY THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPHS 8 AND 9 OF THE
GROUND RULES FOR SUBSTANTIVE ALL-PARTY NEGOTIATIONS. THE SECRETARY
OF STATE IS LEGALLY OBLIGED TO ISSUE AN INVITATION TO SINN FEIN WHEN
SHE CONSIDERSTHOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, HAVING MADE A POLITICAL
JUDGEMENT OF ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE ROUND.
SOME TIME WILL BE NEEDED TO ASSESS A CEASEFIRE TO SEE THAT WORDS AND
DEEDS ARE MATCHING BEFORE SUCH A JUDGEMENT CAN BE MADE. Tti!S_PERIOD
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ACCUSATIONS OF BAD FAITH. WE ARE PREPARED THEREFORE TO REMOVE ANY
MISUNDERSTANDING BY SAYING THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR SUCH A JUDGEMENT IS
SOME 6 WEEKS. IF AN UNEQUIVOCAL CEASEFIRE IS IN PLACE BY MID-JUNE,
AND IS SATISFACTORY IN WORD AND DEED, SINN FEIN WOULD BE INVITED TO
A PLENARY SESSION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BY THE END OF JULY. THAT
WOULD BE THE OCCASION FOR SINN FEIN TO MAKE CLEAR ITS COMMITMENT
TO THE MITCHELL 6 PRINCIPLES.
IN THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A CEASEFIRE, WE EXPECT
PARTICIPANTS MIGHT WISH TO CONSIDER ADJOURNING THE TALKS. AS WAS SAID
BY THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT AND THIS GOVERNMENT, MINISTERIAL MEETINGS
WITH SINN FEIN WOULD BE POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS BILATERAL AND OTHER
MEETINGS IN CASTLE BUILDINGS, INCLUDING BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT
CHAIRMEN AND SINN FEIN. SINN FEIN WOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO AN OFFICE
IN CASTLE BUILDINGS.
SECOND, TIMEFRAME. BECAUSE OF ITS CONCERN TO GET THIS PROCESS MOVING,
THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THE TALKS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE BEYOND MAY
1998, THE DATE ENVISAGED BY CURRENT LEGISLATION, AND THAT A
SETTLEMENT SHOULD BE ACHIEVED BY THEN. THERE WILL BE REGULAR REVIEWS
OF PROGRESS.
THIRD, DECOMMISSIONING. THE TALKS PARTICIPANTS ARE CURRENTLY
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF DECOMMISSIONING. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS
MADE IT CLEAR THAILULWANTfi TO RFSOI VF THIS RAPIDLY TO THE
SATISFACTION OF THE PARTICIPANTS SO THAT IT OOFS NOT BfOfflTTHE
SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS. REALISTICALLY, THIS CAN ONLY BE
ON THE BASIS OF IMPLEMENTING ALL ASPECTS OF THE MITCHELL REPORT.
IT IS WORKING WITH THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO SECURE AGREEMENT AMONfe
THE PARTICIPANTS TO MOVE FORWARD RAPIDLY ON THIS BASIS. AS MUTUAL
PROGRESS IS MADE ON POLITICAL ISSUES AND DECOMMISSIONING, THIS
CAN CREATE GROWING MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE ON ALL SIDES.
ANY AGREEMENT ON DECOMMISSIONING SEEMS LIKELY TO INCLUDE A COMMITMENT
BY EACH PARTICIPANT TO WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY AND IN GOOD FAITH TO
IMPLEMENT ALL ASPECTS OF THE MITCHELL REPORT; AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION, TO BE ESTABLISHED IN PARALLEL WITH THE LAUNCH OF
SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS; A DEDICATED COMMITTEE OF THE
PLENARY TO ADVANCE ALL ASPECTS OF THE MITCHELL REPORT; AND A REVIEW
MECHANISM FOR PROGRESS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF THE NEGOTIA1 IONS.
FOURTH, CONFIDENCE-BUILDING. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE
ON ALL SIDES OF THE COMMUNITY, BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY OF
OPPORTUNITY, EQUITY OF TREATMENT AND PARITY OF ESTEEM. MEASURES
ALREADY ANNOUNCED INCLUDE THE INCORPORATION OF THE ECHR INTO DOMESTIC
LAW; A REVIEW OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE; A
COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE LABOUR MARKET; A COMMITMENT
TO LEGISLATE THIS YEAR ON THE NORTH REPORT; AND A COMMITMENT TO
IMPLEMENT PROPOSALS TO DEVELOP A POLICING SERVICE CAPABLE OF
SECURING THE SUPPORT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING A MORE
INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS SYSTEM. IN RESPONSE TO A FURTHER POINT
OF APPARENT CONCERN. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS MADE CLEAR IT HAS
EQUAL RESPECT FOR THE VARIED CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF BOTH
COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE IRISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. IT ALSO
RECOGNISED THE PARTICULAR SENSITIVITIES OF PRISONER ISSUES ON ALL SIDES.
CONFIDENCE-BUILDING IS OF COURSE A TWO WAY STREET. A GENUINE AND
LASTING ABANDONMENT OF VIOLENCE WOULD DO MORE TO REBUILD CONFIDENCE
ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAN ANY OTHER STEP. OTHER PARAMILITARY ACTIVITY
SUCH AS INTIMIDATION THROUGH SO-CALLED PUNISHMENT ATTACKS SHOULD ALSO
STOP, ON ALL SIDES. THIS WOULD HELP THE GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND
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SINN FEINS CONCERNS WERE SET OUT IN ITS PAPER OF 10 OCTOBER. THIS
NOTE ANSWERE THOSE CONCERNS FULLY. AN IMMEDIATE AND UNEQUIVOCAL IRA
CEASEFIRE IS NOW NEEDED TO ENABLE SINN FEIN TO ENTER THE TALKS AS SET
OUT ABOVE. IF SINN FEIN DO NOT ENTER THE TALKS, THE SUBSTANTIVE
NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE TAKEN FORWARD IN SEPTEMBER IN ANY EVENT.
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SUBJECT:
Memorandum t o t h e P r e s i d e n t on N o r t h e r n
I r e l a n d / R e p l y t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
As you r e c a l l , Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r sent t h e P r e s i d e n t a message
l a s t week c o v e r i n g t h e o r i g i n a l t e x t o f t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r t o Sinn
Fein on Sinn Fein's e n t r y i n t o t h e peace t a l k s i f an u n e q u i v o c a l
c e a s e - f i r e i s d e c l a r e d . We had i n t e n d e d t o send a P r e s i d e n t i a l
r e p l y l a t e r t h i s week, f o l l o w i n g Jim's planned c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h
Adams t o get Sinn Fein's i n i t i a l r e a c t i o n t o t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r .
In l i g h t o f t h e IRA murders today, Jim d i d n o t t a l k t o Adams.
However, a P r e s i d e n t i a l l e t t e r i s needed i n any event t o express
sympathy on t h e l o s s o f t h e policemen. We recommend u s i n g t h e
l e t t e r a l s o t o make c l e a r t h a t we t h i n k t h e o f f e r i s a good one
and t o pass on a message Mary Ann g o t from Sinn Fein today.
The l o c a l F r i e n d s o f Sinn Fein r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , Mairead Keane,
c a l l e d Mary Ann w i t h a message from Adams. He s a i d t o t e l l us
t h a t he w i l l n o t be d i s t r a c t e d by t h e IRA a t t a c k from t h e t a s k o f
g e t t i n g t h e p o l i t i c a l process going and t h a t we s h o u l d read
n o t h i n g i n t o t h e a t t a c k beyond t h e IRA's ongoing campaign.
Adams s a i d Sinn Fein had r e c e i v e d t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r F r i d a y and
Sinn F e i n (read IRA) a r e s t u d y i n g i t ; though t h e r e remains a
problem w i t h decommissioning, t h e d r a f t c o n t a i n s p o s i t i v e
elements.
I f i t would be u s e f u l , Adams s a i d , he i s ready t o t a l k
to J i m about t h i s .
The bottom l i n e appears t o be t h a t today's
a t t a c k was n o t i n t e n d e d as a response t o t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r .
RECOMMENDATION
That you s i g n t h e memorandum t o t h e P r e s i d e n t a t Tab I .
Attachments
Tab I Memorandum t o t h e P r e s i d e n t
Tab A Reply t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
Tab B Statement on Murders i n N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d
Tab C F i n a l Text o f B r i t i s h O f f e r t o Sinn F e i n
Tab D Incoming Correspondence
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SUBJECT:
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Ireland
Purpose
To express condolences on t h e deaths o f t h e two policemen who
were murdered by t h e IRA June 16 and t o pass on a message from
Sinn F e i n .
Background
On June 16, two policemen w a l k i n g a beat were shot and k i l l e d i n
the N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d town o f Lurgan.
The IRA c l a i m e d
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e a t t a c k w i t h i n hours. B l a i r and B r u t o n
(who i s s t i l l Taoiseach u n t i l June 26) were b o t h i n Amsterdam f o r
the EU Summit; b o t h i s s u e d s t r o n g statements condemning t h e
murders. F u t u r e Taoiseach B e r t i e Ahern i s s u e d a p a s s i o n a t e
statement, c l e a r l y i n t e n d e d t o disabuse r e p u b l i c a n s o f t h e n o t i o n
t h a t a Fianna F a i l prime m i n i s t e r w i l l be s o f t on v i o l e n c e .
Senator Kennedy i s s u e d h i s s t r o n g e s t d e n u n c i a t i o n y e t o f t h e
r e p u b l i c a n t a c t i c o f seeking t o combine v i o l e n c e w i t h t h e
democratic process.
The statement we i s s u e d i n your name i s a t
Tab B.
The B r i t i s h government had passed t o Sinn Fein on June 13 i t s
o f f e r f o r Sinn Fein e n t r y i n t o t h e B e l f a s t t a l k s on t h e b a s i s o f
an u n e q u i v o c a l c e a s e - f i r e . The t e x t (Tab C) r e f l e c t e d
s u g g e s t i o n s from us and from the I r i s h government. Assuming t h a t
the B r i t i s h and I r i s h governments can reach a more s p e c i f i c
agreement on how t o handle decommissioning i n t h e t a l k s process,
t h i s i s t h e b e s t o f f e r Sinn Fein can expect from t h e B r i t i s h . I t
would a l l o w them i n t o t a l k s w i t h i n 6 weeks o f t h e d e c l a r a t i o n o f
a m e a n i n g f u l c e a s e - f i r e ; i t s t a t e s t h a t decommissioning w i l l n o t
be a l l o w e d t o d e l a y s u b s t a n t i v e n e g o t i a t i o n s ; promises a d d i t i o n a l
c o n f i d e n c e - b u i l d i n g measures; and s e t s May 1998 as t h e n o t i o n a l
timeframe f o r c o m p l e t i o n o f n e g o t i a t i o n s .
We have no i n d i c a t i o n t h a t the B r i t i s h a r e g o i n g t o w i t h d r a w t h e
o f f e r i n t h e wake o f the murders, though B l a i r d i d announce t h a t
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the B r i t i s h have c a l l e d o f f t h e meeting w i t h Sinn Fein scheduled
f o r t h i s week. B l a i r w i l l a l s o p r o b a b l y postpone t h e p u b l i c
announcement o f t h e elements o f t h e o f f e r .
We w i l l be w o r k i n g on a s t r a t e g y t o g e t t o a c e a s e - f i r e on t h e
b a s i s o f t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r i n s p i t e o f t h e murders o f t h e
policemen. P u b l i c l y , we w i l l want t o t a k e a h i g h p r o f i l e t o
underscore your c o n t i n u e d p e r s o n a l commitment t o t h e process,
p a r t i c u l a r l y as t h e w o r s t o f t h e marching season approaches i n
early July.
Jim S t e i n b e r g had planned t o t a l k t o Gerry Adams today t o g e t h i s
i n i t i a l r e a c t i o n t o t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r , b u t d i d n o t do so because
of t h e murders.
However, t h e l o c a l Sinn Fein r e p r e s e n t a t i v e d i d
c a l l an NSC s t a f f member w i t h a message from Adams t h a t he does
not i n t e n d t o be " d i s t r a c t e d " by today's a t t a c k from t h e business
of g e t t i n g a p o l i t i c a l process going and t h a t we s h o u l d read
n o t h i n g i n t o t h e a t t a c k beyond the c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e IRA
campaign. We b e l i e v e t h e purpose o f t h e message was t o t e l l us
t h a t t h e a t t a c k i s n o t any k i n d o f response t o t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r .
The B r i t i s h a l r e a d y r e a l i z e t h i s , as t h e y know t h a t such a t t a c k s
are planned w e l l i n advance, b u t we recommend t h a t you l e t B l a i r
know t h a t we heard t h i s from Adams.
RECOMMENDATION
That you approve
t h e message t o Prime M i n i s t e r
B l a i r a t Tab A.
Approve
Disapprove
Attachments
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B
C
D
Reply t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
Statement on Murders i n N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d
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SUBJECT:
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE PRIME MINISTER
(BEGIN TEXT)
DEAR TONY:
LIKE YOU, I AM OUTRAGED AND DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE IRA'S VICIOUS
MURDER OF THE TWO POLICEMEN IN NORTHERN IRELAND. YOU HAVE MY
SINCERE SYMPATHY AMD HILLARY'S. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THEIR YOUNG
FAMILIES.
I ISSUED A STRONG STATEMENT THAT WAS IN STEP WITH WHAT YOU, JOHN
BRUTON AND BERTIE AHERN ARE ALL SAYING. SENATOR KENNEDY HAS ALSO
ISSUED A VERY FORCEFUL STATEMENT. SINN FEIN CANNOT MISS THE
MESSAGE BUT I T REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER I T WILL HAVE ANY
IMPACT.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER LAST WEEK FORWARDING
THE DRAFT TEXT OF YOUR GOVERNMENT'S OFFER TO SINN FEIN. PRIOR TO
HIE ATROCITY ON MONDAY, MY DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, JIM
STEINBERG, HAD INTENDED TO TALK TO ADAMS AND TELL HIM THAT WE
BEIrl-EVE-^OUR-OFFSR-^-S FORTHCOMI-NG-AN-B—SER IOU-S—AND—T-HAT THE IRA
SHOULD ACT ON I T WITHOUT DELAY. BECAUSE OF THE MURDERS/ JIM DID
NOT GET I N TOUCH WITH ADAMS, F o l l o w i n g our phone c a l l , my Deputy
N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y A d v i s o r , Jim S t e i n b e r g , c o n t a c t e d Adams t o pass
on my deep concern about the c o n t i n u e d v i o l e n c e , and t o urge a
f o r t h c o m i n g response t o y o u i e f f o r t s . We had planned t o f o l l o w
up on Monday, b u t p u t o f f the c a l l f o l l o w i n g t h e murders. BUT
SINN FEIN PASSED A MESSAGE TO US; THE ESSENCE OF I T WAS THAT
NO^H^NG—SHOULD BE REAB-INTO THE ATTACK BEYON-B-T-H-E-which was t h a t
t h e a t t a c k was n o t i n response t o your p r o p o s a l , b u t r a t h e r a
CONTINUATION OF THE IRA'S CAMPAIGN. WE TAKE THAT TO MEAN THAT
SINN FEIN DOES NOT WANT THE MURDERS TO BE SEEN AS THE
RE-PUBixiGANS-* RBSFQNSS TO YOUR—OFFER-; WHILE I AM NOT REPOSING
ANY CONFIDENCE I N THEIR GOOD FAITH, I WANTED TO PASS THAT ON TO
YOU.
SANDY BERGER AND JIM STEINBERG ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH YOUR
OFFICIALS AND WITH THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE
TO KEEP THE PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK I N SPITE OF THIS TERRIBLE
CRIME. WE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK PERSONALLY I N DENVER. I
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SUBJECT:
L e t t e r t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r on N o r t h e r n
Ireland
Purpose
.To express condolences on t h e deaths o f t h e two policemen who
were murdered by t h e IRA June 16 and t o pass on a message from
Sinn F e i n .
Background
On June 16, two policemen w a l k i n g a beat were shot and k i l l e d i n
the N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d town o f Lurgan.
The IRA c l a i m e d
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e a t t a c k w i t h i n hours. B l a i r and B r u t o n
(who i s s t i l l Taoiseach u n t i l June 26) were b o t h i n Amsterdam f o r
the EU Summit; b o t h i s s u e d s t r o n g statements condemning t h e
murders. Future Taoiseach B e r t i e Ahern i s s u e d a p a s s i o n a t e
statement, c l e a r l y i n t e n d e d t o disabuse r e p u b l i c a n s o f t h e n o t i o n
t h a t a Fianna F a i l prime m i n i s t e r w i l l be s o f t on v i o l e n c e .
Senator Kennedy i s s u e d h i s s t r o n g e s t d e n u n c i a t i o n y e t o f t h e
r e p u b l i c a n t a c t i c o f seeking t o combine v i o l e n c e w i t h t h e
democratic process.
The statement we i s s u e d i n your name i s a t
Tab B.
F o l l o w i n g up on B l a i r ' s request t o you, Jim S t e i n b e r g made c l e a r
t o Adams l a s t week your concern t h a t t h e v i o l e n c e i n N o r t h e r n
I r e l a n d was t h r e a t e n i n g the p r o s p e c t s f o r g e t t i n g Sinn F e i n i n t o
t a l k s . We a l s o i s s u e d a statement by the press s e c r e t a r y warning
a g a i n s t v i o l e n c e a t t h i s j u n c t u r e . While t h e a t t a c k was
p r o b a b l y planned w e l l b e f o r e our message was g i v e n , n o n e t h e l e s s
the IRA c a r r i e d o u t t h e murder o f the policemen i n t h e face o f
c l e a r warnings from t h e B r i t i s h and from us.
The B r i t i s h Government had passed t o Sinn Fein on June 13 i t s
o f f e r f o r Sinn Fein e n t r y i n t o t h e B e l f a s t t a l k s on t h e b a s i s o f
an u n e q u i v o c a l c e a s e - f i r e . The t e x t (Tab C) r e f l e c t e d
s u g g e s t i o n s from us and from the I r i s h Government. Assuming t h a t
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would a l l o w them i n t o t a l k s w i t h i n 6 weeks o f t h e d e c l a r a t i o n o f
a m e a n i n g f u l c e a s e - f i r e ; i t s t a t e s t h a t decommissioning w i l l n o t
be a l l o w e d t o d e l a y s u b s t a n t i v e n e g o t i a t i o n s ; promises a d d i t i o n a l
c o n f i d e n c e - b u i l d i n g measures; and s e t s May 1998 as t h e n o t i o n a l
timeframe f o r c o m p l e t i o n o f n e g o t i a t i o n s .
We have no i n d i c a t i o n t h a t t h e B r i t i s h a r e going t o withdraw t h e
o f f e r i n t h e wake o f t h e murders, though B l a i r d i d announce t h a t
the B r i t i s h have c a l l e d o f f t h e meeting w i t h Sinn Fein scheduled
f o r t h i s week. B l a i r w i l l a l s o p r o b a b l y postpone t h e p u b l i c
announcement o f t h e elements o f t h e o f f e r .
There a r e no a t t r a c t i v e choices i n t h e wake o f t h e murders: i f
the B r i t i s h withdraw t h e i r o f f e r , v i o l e n c e c o u l d w i l l r e t u r n t o
the l e v e l s c f t h e "The T r o u b l e s " w i t h l i t t l e p r o s p e c t o f a
p o l i t i c a l s o l u t i o n i f t o f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s . Nonetheless, t h e
B r i t i s h have made c l e a r t h a t i f no c e a s e f i r e i s d e c l a r e d i n t h e
r e a s o n a b l y near f u t u r e (perhaps by t h i s f a l l ) t h e y w i l l t r y t o
move t h e peace process f o r w a r d w i t h o u t Sinn F e i n . Meanwhile,
t?he o n l y a l t e r n a t i v e i s t o c o n t i n u e t o t r y t o p u t t o g e t h e r a
deal f o r a c e a s e - f i r e . Assuming t h e B r i t i s h leave t h e i r o f f e r on
the t a b l e , we w i l l be w o r k i n g on a s t r a t e g y t o s u p p o r t them and
the I r i s h a t t h i s c r u c i a l t i m e . P u b l i c l y t i n c . P u b l i c l y , we w i l l
want t o t a k e a h i g h p r o f i l e t o underscore your c o n t i n u e d p e r s o n a l
o p p o s i t i o n t o v i o l e n c e and commitment t o peace and
reconciliation,
p a r t i c u l a r l y as t h e worst o f t h e marching season
approaches i n e a r l y J u l y .
Jim S t e i n b e r g had planned t o t a l k t o Adams June 16 t o g e t h i s
i n i t i a l r e a c t i o n t o t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r , b u t d i d n o t do so because
of t h e murders. However, t h e l o c a l Sinn Fein r e p r e s e n t a t i v e d i d
c a l l an NSC s t a f f member w i t h a message from Adams t h a t he does
not i n t e n d t o be " d i s t r a c t e d " by today's a t t a c k from t h e business,
of g e t t i n g a p o l i t i c a l process going and t h a t we s h o u l d read
n o t h i n g i n t o t h e a t t a c k beyond t h e c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e IRA
campaign. We b e l i e v e t h e purpose o f t h e message was t o t e l l us
t h a t t h e a t t a c k i s n o t any k i n d o f response t o t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r .
The B r i t i s h a l r e a d y r e a l i z e t h i s , as t h e y know t h a t such a t t a c k s
are p l a n n e d w e l l i n advance, b u t we recommend t h a t you l e t B l a i r
know t h a t we heard t h i s from Adams.
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SUBJECT:
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Ireland
Purpose
To express condolences on t h e deaths o f t h e two policemen who
were murdered by t h e IRA June 16 and t o pass on a message from
Sinn F e i n .
Background
On June 16, two policemen w a l k i n g a beat were shot and k i l l e d i n
the N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d town o f Lurgan.
The IRA claimed
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e a t t a c k w i t h i n hours. B l a i r and B r u t o n
(who i s s t i l l Taoiseach u n t i l June 26) were b o t h i n Amsterdam f o r
the EU'Summit; b o t h i s s u e d s t r o n g statements condemning t h e
murders. Future Taoiseach B e r t i e Ahern i s s u e d a p a s s i o n a t e
statement, c l e a r l y i n t e n d e d t o disabuse r e p u b l i c a n s o f t h e n o t i o n
t h a t a Fianna F a i l prime m i n i s t e r w i l l be s o f t on v i o l e n c e .
Senator Kennedy i s s u e d h i s s t r o n g e s t d e n u n c i a t i o n y e t o f t h e
r e p u b l i c a n t a c t i c o f seeking t o combine v i o l e n c e w i t h t h e
d e m o c r a t i c process.
The statement we i s s u e d i n your name i s a t
Tab B.
F o l l o w i n g up on B l a i r ' s request t o you, Jim S t e i n b e r g made c l e a r
t o Adams l a s t week your concern t h a t t h e v i o l e n c e i n N o r t h e r n
I r e l a n d was t h r e a t e n i n g t h e prospects f o r g e t t i n g Sinn Fein i n t o
t a l k s . We a l s o i s s u e d a statement by t h e press s e c r e t a r y w a r n i n g
a g a i n s t v i o l e n c e a t t h i s j u n c t u r e . While t h e a t t a c k was p r o b a b l y
planned w e l l b e f o r e our message was g i v e n , nonetheless t h e IRA
c a r r i e d o u t t h e murder o f t h e policemen i n t h e face o f c l e a r
warnings from t h e B r i t i s h and from us.
The B r i t i s h Government had passed t o Sinn Fein on June 13 i t s
o f f e r f o r Sinn Fein e n t r y i n t o t h e B e l f a s t t a l k s on t h e b a s i s o f
an u n e q u i v o c a l c e a s e f i r e . The t e x t (Tab C) r e f l e c t e d s u g g e s t i o n s
from us and from t h e I r i s h Government. Assuming t h a t t h e B r i t i s h
and I r i s h governments can reach a more s p e c i f i c agreement on how
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o f f e r Sinn Fein can expect from t h e B r i t i s h .
I t would a l l o w them
i n t o t a l k s w i t h i n s i x weeks o f t h e d e c l a r a t i o n o f a m e a n i n g f u l
c e a s e f i r e ; i t s t a t e s t h a t decommissioning w i l l n o t be a l l o w e d t o
d e l a y s u b s t a n t i v e n e g o t i a t i o n s ; promises a d d i t i o n a l c o n f i d e n c e b u i l d i n g measures; and s e t s May 1998 as t h e n o t i o n a l timeframe
for completion of negotiations.
We have no i n d i c a t i o n t h a t t h e B r i t i s h are going t o w i t h d r a w t h e
o f f e r i n t h e wake o f t h e murders, though B l a i r d i d announce t h a t
the B r i t i s h have c a l l e d o f f t h e meeting w i t h Sinn Fein scheduled
f o r t h i s week. B l a i r w i l l a l s o p r o b a b l y postpone t h e p u b l i c
announcement o f t h e elements o f t h e o f f e r .
There a r e no a t t r a c t i v e choices i n t h e wake o f t h e murders: i f
the B r i t i s h withdraw t h e i r o f f e r , v i o l e n c e c o u l d r e t u r n t o t h e
l e v e l s o f t h e "The T r o u b l e s " w i t h l i t t l e p r o s p e c t o f a p o l i t i c a l
s o l u t i o n f o r s e v e r a l years. Nonetheless, t h e B r i t i s h have made
c l e a r t h a t i f no c e a s e f i r e i s d e c l a r e d i n t h e reasonably near
f u t u r e ( p r r h n p n b y t h i n f n l l ) t h r y w i l l t r y tc move t h e peace
process f o r w a r d w i t h o u t Sinn Fein. Meanwhile, t h e o n l y
a l t e r n a t i v e i s t o continue t o t r y t o put together a deal f o r a
c e a s e f i r e . Assuming t h e B r i t i s h leave t h e i r o f f e r on t h e t a b l e ,
we w i l l be w o r k i n g on a s t r a t e g y t o support them and t h e I r i s h a t
t h i s c r u c i a l t i m e . P u b l i c l y , we w i l l want t o take a h i g h p r o f i l e
t o underscore your continusra p e r s o n a l o p p o s i t i o n t o v i o l e n c e and
commitment t o peace and r e c o n c i l i a t i o n , p a r t i c u l a r l y as t h e
worst o f t h e marching season approaches i n e a r l y J u l y .
Jim Sfcoinborflp had planned to talk to Adams June 16 to get his
initial reaction to the British offer, but did not do so because
of the murders. However, the local Sinn Fein representative did
call an NSC staff member with a message from Adams that he does
not intend to be "distracted" by today's attack from the business
of getting a political process going and that we should read
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that the attack is not any kind of response to the British offer.*
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Purpose
To express condolences on the deaths of the two policemen who
were murdered by the IRA June 16 and t o pass on a message from
Sinn Fein.
Background
On June 16, two policemen walking a beat were shot and k i l l e d i n
the Northern I r e l a n d town o f Lurgan. The IRA claimed
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the attack w i t h i n hours. B l a i r and Bruton
(who i s s t i l l Taoiseach u n t i l June 26) were both i n Amsterdam f o r
the EU Summit; both issued strong statements condemning the
murders. Future Taoiseach B e r t i e Ahern issued a passionate
statement, c l e a r l y intended t o disabuse republicans o f the n o t i o n
that a Fianna F a i l prime m i n i s t e r w i l l be s o f t on v i o l e n c e .
Senator Kennedy issued h i s strongest denunciation yet of the
republican t a c t i c o f seeking t o combine violence w i t h the
democratic process. The statement we issued i n your name i s a t
Tab B.
Following up on B l a i r ' s request t o you, Jim Steinberg made clear
to Adams l a s t week your concern t h a t the violence i n Northern
I r e l a n d was threatening the prospects f o r g e t t i n g Sinn Fein i n t o
t a l k s . We also issued a statement by the press secretary warning
against violence a t t h i s juncture. While the a t t a c k was probably
planned w e l l before our message was given, nonetheless the IRA
c a r r i e d out the murder of the policemen i n the face o f clear
warnings from the B r i t i s h and from us.
The B r i t i s h Government had passed t o Sinn Fein on June 13 i t s
o f f e r f o r Sinn Fein entry i n t o the Belfast t a l k s on the basis o f
an unequivocal ceasefire. The t e x t (Tab C) r e f l e c t e d suggestions
from us and from the I r i s h Government. Assuming t h a t the B r i t i s h
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to handle decommissioning i n t h e t a l k s process, t h i s i s t h e best
o f f e r Sinn Fein can expect from t h e B r i t i s h .
I t would a l l o w them
i n t o t a l k s w i t h i n s i x weeks o f t h e d e c l a r a t i o n o f a m e a n i n g f u l
c e a s e f i r e ; i t s t a t e s t h a t decommissioning w i l l n o t be a l l o w e d t o
d e l a y s u b s t a n t i v e n e g o t i a t i o n s ; promises a d d i t i o n a l c o n f i d e n c e b u i l d i n g measures; and s e t s May 1998 as t h e n o t i o n a l timeframe
for completion of negotiations.
We have no i n d i c a t i o n t h a t t h e B r i t i s h a r e going t o withdraw t h e
o f f e r i n t h e wake o f t h e murders, though B l a i r d i d announce t h a t
the B r i t i s h have c a l l e d o f f t h e meeting w i t h Sinn Fein scheduled
f o r t h i s week. B l a i r w i l l a l s o p r o b a b l y postpone t h e p u b l i c
announcement o f t h e elements o f t h e o f f e r .
There a r e no a t t r a c t i v e choices i n t h e wake o f t h e murders: i f
the B r i t i s h withdraw t h e i r o f f e r , v i o l e n c e c o u l d r e t u r n t o t h e
l e v e l s o f t h e "The T r o u b l e s " w i t h l i t t l e p r o s p e c t o f a p o l i t i c a l
s o l u t i o n f o r s e v e r a l years. Nonetheless, t h e B r i t i s h have made
c l e a r t h a t i f no c e a s e f i r e i s d e c l a r e d i n t h e r e a s o n a b l y near
f u t u r e t h e y w i l l t r y t o move t h e peace process f o r w a r d w i t h o u t
Sinn Fein ( p r o b a b l y i n September). Meanwhile, t h e o n l y
a l t e r n a t i v e i s t o continue t o t r y t o put together a deal f o r a
c e a s e f i r e . Assuming t h e B r i t i s h leave t h e i r o f f e r on t h e t a b l e ,
we w i l l be w o r k i n g on a s t r a t e g y t o support them and t h e I r i s h a t
t h i s c r u c i a l t i m e . P u b l i c l y , we w i l l want t o take a h i g h p r o f i l e
to underscore your c o n t i n u e d p e r s o n a l o p p o s i t i o n t o v i o l e n c e and
commitment t o peace and r e c o n c i l i a t i o n , p a r t i c u l a r l y as t h e
w o r s t o f t h e marching season approaches i n e a r l y J u l y .
Jim had planned t o t a l k t o Adams June 16 t o g e t h i s i n i t i a l
r e a c t i o n t o t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r , b u t d i d n o t do so because o f t h e
murders. However, t h e l o c a l Sinn Fein r e p r e s e n t a t i v e d i d c a l l an
NSC s t a f f member w i t h a message from Adams t h a t he does n o t
i n t e n d t o be " d i s t r a c t e d " by today's a t t a c k from t h e business o f
g e t t i n g a p o l i t i c a l process going and t h a t we s h o u l d r e a d n o t h i n g
i n t o t h e a t t a c k ; t h e purpose o f t h e message was t o t e l l us t h a t
the a t t a c k i s n o t any k i n d o f response t o t h e B r i t i s h o f f e r , b u t
a c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e ongoing campaign a g a i n s t t h e B r i t i s h .
The
B r i t i s h a l r e a d y r e a l i z e t h i s , as t h e y know t h a t such a t t a c k s are
planned w e l l i n advance, b u t we recommend t h a t you l e t B l a i r know
what we heard from Adams. Adams' message i s , o f course,
d i s i n g e n u o u s s i n c e Monday's a t t a c k c o u l d presumably have been
c a l l e d o f f i f t h e IRA l e a d e r s h i p had wanted t o do so. From t h e
r e p u b l i c a n s ' warped p e r s p e c t i v e , t h e v i o l e n c e w i l l c o n t i n u e
unless an a c t u a l d e a l i s reached on a c e a s e f i r e . They may a l s o
be under t h e m i s t a k e n i m p r e s s i o n t h a t c o n t i n u e d v i o l e n c e w i l l
soften the B r i t i s h p o s i t i o n .
A t t a c h e d a t Tab A i s t h e r e p l y t o B l a i r ' s message t h a t I
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DEAR TONY:
LIKE YOU, I AM OUTRAGED AND DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE IRA'S VICIOUS
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ISSUED A VERY FORCEFUL STATEMENT. SINN FEIN CANNOT MISS THE
MESSAGE BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER IT WILL HAVE ANY
IMPACT.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER LAST WEEK FORWARDING
THE DRAFT TEXT OF YOUR GOVERNMENT'S OFFER TO SINN FEIN.
FOLLOWING OUR PHONE CALL, MY DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR,
JIM STEINBERG, CONTACTED ADAMS TO PASS ON MY DEEP CONCERN ABOUT
THE CONTINUED VIOLENCE, AND TO URGE A FORTHCOMING RESPONSE TO
YOUR EFFORTS. W HAD PLANNED TO FOLLOW UP ON MONDAY, BUT PUT OFF
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THE CALL FOLLOWING THE MURDERS. BUT SINN FEIN PASSED A MESSAGE
TO US; THE ESSENCE OF WHICH WAS THAT THE ATTACK W S NOT IN
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RESPONSE TO YOUR PROPOSAL, BUT RATHER A CONTINUATION OF THE IRA'S
CAMPAIGN. WHILE I DO NOT PLACE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR G O FAITH, I
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DEAR TONY:
LIKE YOU, I AM OUTRAGED AND DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE IRA'S
VICIOUS MURDER OF THE TWO POLICEMEN I N NORTHERN IRELAND.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THEIR YOUNG FAMILIES.
I ISSUED A STRONG STATEMENT THAT WAS I N STEP WITH WHAT YOU,
JOHN BRUTON AND BERTIE AHERN ARE ALL SAYING. SENATOR
KENNEDY HAS ALSO ISSUED A VERY FORCEFUL STATEMENT. SINN FEIN
CANNOT MISS THE MESSAGE BUT I T REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER I T
WILL HAVE ANY IMPACT.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER LAST WEEK
FORWARDING THE DRAFT TEXT OF YOUR GOVERNMENT'S OFFER TO SINN
FEIN. FOLLOWING OUR PHONE CALL, MY DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR, J I M STEINBERG, CONTACTED ADAMS TO PASS ON MY DEEP
CONCERN ABOUT THE CONTINUED VIOLENCE, AND TO URGE A
FORTHCOMING RESPONSE TO YOUR EFFORTS. WE HAD PLANNED TO
FOLLOW UP ON MONDAY, BUT PUT OFF THE CALL FOLLOWING THE
MURDERS. BUT SINN FEIN PASSED A MESSAGE TO US; THE ESSENCE OF
WHICH WAS THAT THE ATTACK WAS NOT I N RESPONSE TO YOUR
PROPOSAL, BUT RATHER A CONTINUATION OF THE IRA'S CAMPAIGN.
WHILE I DO NOT PLACE CONFIDENCE I N THEIR GOOD FAITH, I WANTED
TO PASS THAT ON TO YOU.
SANDY BERGER I S PREPARED TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICIALS AND
WITH THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO KEEP THE
PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK I N SPITE OF THIS TERRIBLE CRIME. WE WILL
HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK PERSONALLY I N DENVER. I LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR THERE.
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When we spoke on the telephone on Sunday, I promised to send you some
more specific thoughts on Northern Ireland and areas where you may be able to
help.
As we agreed, the renewed IRA ceasefire offers a new opportunity to
move to a lasting political settlement and the lasting peace which the people of
Northern Ireland are so desperate to see. Halting violence is a very welcome
move by the republicans. As the word suggests, a ceasefire is not of course the
same as peace. We must all work very hard to turn what may be currently no
more than a tactical move by the republican movement into a permanent
abandonment of violence and commitment to exclusively peaceful and democratic
means. Nothing else will do in the end. This means keeping up the pressure on
Sinn Fein to move away from a twin-track strategy of politics and violence to
politics alone. Your influence may be very important here. I hope your
response to Sinn Fein over the next few months will be carefully graduated to
reflect real progress in consolidating the ceasefire and making it permanent.
It is the issue of permanence which gives the vexed question of the
decommissioning of illegally held arms its importance, particularly in Unionist
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eyes but also in our own. Of course decommissioned arms could be replaced,
even if the decommissioning process were complete. But readiness to
decommission implies readiness to give up violence. That is why Sinn Fein
statements that the IRA will not give up a single weapon cause such disquiet, and
are so unhelpful in terms of keeping the Ulster Unionists tied in to the multi-party
process.
We spoke about how you might be able to help influence David Trimble.
As I said, I think it is useful if the Administration keeps in close touch with him,
to show that his effort to stay in the process is both important and appreciated,
and to reinforce that you are even-handed in dealings with both communities (the
Unionists will obviously be watching your contacts with Sinn Fein very closely).
Anything you can say to show understanding of the Ulster Unionist concerns
about decommissioning would also be helpful. I hope that we and the Irish
Government may be able to say a little more in due course about our own desire
to see at least some actual decommissioning during negotiations, in accordance
with George Mitchell's proposals. This may be very important in influencing
David Trimble towards staying in the talks.
I also mentioned to you my desire to do more to harness the strong desire
of the people of Northern Ireland for a settlement, by showing them that this is
now a real prospect with high-level international support. You may be able to
play a key role in this at the right moment, when substantive talks are well under
way. I hope we can be in touch about this in the autumn.
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I am absolutely determined to make progress soon on the substance of the
Northern Ireland issue. That is why I have set a timetable of September-May for
a settlement to come out of negotiations. This is an arbitrary target, but I believe
it can be achieved if all concerned are prepared to put aside old enmities and
prejudices. Our aim must be to create conditions where they can most easily do
so.
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I am pleased to say that in the past couple of weeks we have made progress
in Northern Ireland. As you will have heard, Sinn Fein have joined the talks and
sworn their commitment to the Mitchell principles; we have kept the Ulster
Unionists in play - though only just; we succeeded in finding a procedural way
through the decommissioning problem for now and ultimately got agreement to
move, at last, into the substantive talks.
This is all good news. Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionists and one of the
other smaller Unionist parties have withdrawn from the discussions but otherwise
the pieces are now in place for us to press on with the real negotiations. As
always, part of the credit must go to George Mitchell and the other independent
chairmen who have skilfully helped to guide the parties round the obstacles.
I also want you to know how grateful I am to you for providing
Ambassador Donald Johns on as a member of the Independent International
Commission on Decommissioning, which was formally established on
24 September, and to Ambassador Johnson for agreeing to take on this
challenging role. The Commission is now ready to commence work on
decommissioning alongside the substantive negotiations. It marks an important
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step in our objective to bring about an enduring political settlement in Northern
Ireland by May next year. As before, we have found we can rely on you to give
generous and speedy assistance. I am most grateful.
Both communities will need constant encouragement to make the most of
the opportunity so painstakingly created. I know I can look to you for help over
this. I look forward to staying in close touch.
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FROM:
LAWRENCE E. BUTLER '• j
SUBJECT:
P r e s i d e n t i a l L e t t e r t o Tony B l a i r , Prime M i n i s t e r
of t h e U n i t e d Kingdom
The P r e s i d e n t and B l a i r have kept i n r e g u l a r touch on N o r t h e r n
I r e l a n d and o t h e r issues. There have been v e r y s i g n i f i c a n t
developments i n B e l f a s t , t h e s u b j e c t o f a B l a i r l e t t e r t o t h e
P r e s i d e n t dated October 2. P r i o r t o t h a t , t h e P r e s i d e n t c a l l e d
the Prime M i n i s t e r September 1. E a r l i e r , B l a i r wrote t o t h e
P r e s i d e n t f o l l o w i n g t h e i r phone c o n v e r s a t i o n J u l y 27 conveying
h i s thoughts on t h e Northern I r e l a n d peace process, asking t h a t
we f i n d ways t o support t h e U n i o n i s t s . I t would be a p p r o p r i a t e ,
now t h a t t h e t a l k s are due t o s t a r t and Trimble w i l l see t h e
P r e s i d e n t and you October 7, f o r t h e P r e s i d e n t t o send a
c o n g r a t u l a t o r y l e t t e r . Attached a t Tab I f o r your approval i s
your memorandum t o t h e President f o r w a r d i n g a d r a f t message t o
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r i n b o t h signed o r i g i n a l (TaD A) and cable
format (Tab B ) .
RECOMMENDATION
That you s i g n t h e memo t o t h e President a t Tab I .
Attachments
Tab I Memo
Tab A
Tab B
Tab C
t o the President
L e t t e r t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
Cable v e r s i o n o f l e t t e r t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
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SUBJECT:
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Purpose
To c o n g r a t u l a t e Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r on recent developments i n
Northern I r e l a n d .
Background
You spoke w i t h B l a i r October 9 b r i e f l y on N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d .
B l a i r w r o t e you October 2 w i t h an update. W i t h t h e s u b s t a n t i v e
t a l k s underway, i t i s w o r t h c o n g r a t u l a t i n g B l a i r f o r t h e
breakthroughs i n B e l f a s t which have made t h i s p o s s i b l e . E a r l i e r
i n t h e summer he conveyed h i s impressions on t h e process ( l e t t e r
a t t a c h e d a t Tab C), and asked t h a t you look f o r ways t o support
David T r i m b l e , who you d i d October 7. A t t a c h e d a t Tab A i s your
l e t t e r on these developments.
RECOMMENDATION
That you s i g n t h e l e t t e r t o Tony B l a i r a t Tab A.
Attachments
Tab A L e t t e r t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
Tab B Cable V e r s i o n o f L e t t e r t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
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FM THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
ONCE MORE, WE FACE A TEST OF OUR RESOLVE OVER IRAQ AND THE
DANGERS POSED BY THE BEHAVIOUR OF SADDAM HUSSEIN. I KNOW THIS
WILL BE OF GREAT CONCERN TO YOU, AS I T I S TO ME.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, AS I N THE PAST, WE MUST STAND ABSOLUTELY
FIRM AND ABSOLUTELY TOGETHER. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN
ACHIEVE THE VITAL OBJECTIVE OF UNSCOM RESUMING ITS OPERATIONS
AND COMPLETING ITS WORK I N AN UNFETTERED WAY. CLEARLY OUR
PREFERENCE MUST BE FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION I F ONE CAN BE
FOUND. EQUALLY, I N THE LAST RESORT, WE MUST BE PREPARED TO
CONTEMPLATE OTHER MEANS.
WE WILL FACE A SIGNIFICANT TEST I N THE SECURITY COUNCIL I N
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE UNITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,
AND PARTICULARLY THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I S ESSENTIAL I F WE
ARE TO SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO SADDAM. BUT WE MUST AT THE SAME
TIME WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THIS MESSAGE I S ROBUST ENOUGH
TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULT, WHILE ALLOWING FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF THE EVENTUAL LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ONCE UNSCOM HAS FULLY AND
SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED ITS TASK. THAT WILL NOT BE AN EASY
BALANCE TO STRIKE, GIVEN THE RELUCTANCE OF SOME TO CONTEMPLATE
FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAQ.
I AM PARTICULARLY CONSCIOUS OF THIS FOLLOWING MY DISCUSSIONS AT
THE END OF LAST WEEK WITH JACQUES CHIRAC. AS YOU WILL KNOW,
HE HAS STRONG PERSONAL DOUBTS ABOUT OUR APPROACH TO SADDAM HUSSEIN.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO WORK VERY HARD TO KEEP THE FRENCH WITH US,
NOT TO MENTION THE RUSSIANS. I N THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WE MUST
BOTH WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM, AS FAR AS WE CAN, TO ENSURE
THERE I S NO POSSIBILITY OF MISUNDERSTANDING OR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
US BECAUSE OF ALLEGED LACK OF CONSULTATION.
I KNOW OUR PEOPLE ARE I N VERY CLOSE TOUCH ABOUT ALL THIS ALREADY,
BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW PERSONALLY THE STRENGTH OF MY SUPPORT FOR
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A p p r e c i a t e v e r y much t h e message you sent me e a r l i e r t h i s
week. We share views on t h e t h r e a t I r a q poses w i t h i t s l a t e s t
a t t e m p t t o undermine UNSCOM, and how r e s o l u t e we must be.
Firmness i s e s s e n t i a l .
•
I r a q ' s l a t e s t demand i s a v e r y s e r i o u s c h a l l e n g e t o t h e UN,
the UN S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l , and t h e s e c u r i t y o f t h e P e r s i a n G u l f .
•
Since Saddam c h a l l e n g e d us on October 29, we have t r i e d t o
work t h r o u g h d i p l o m a t i c means t o respond.
Your and n r ^ ^ ^ ^
c o u n t r i e s ' s u c c e s s f u l e f f o r t s i n New York y e s t e r d a y ^ g e t - t t e a
c l e a r statement from t h e C o u n c i l about t h e need f o r I r a q t o
s t e p back.
•
Saddam's announcement today t o expel t h e Americans i s a c l e a r
r e p u d i a t i o n o f the S e c u r i t y Council's w i l l .
We s u p p o r t
Ambassador B u t l e r ' s d e c i s i o n t o withdraw UNSCOM p e r s o n n e l from
Iraq.
•
We w i l l c o n t i n u e t o seek d i p l o m a t i c means t o t u r n back I r a q ' s
c h a l l e n g e . S e c r e t a r y A l b r i g h t w i l l be i n London tomorrow, and
she w i l l l a y o u t t o Robin Cooke our ideas on how t o move
f o r w a r d t o g e t h e r on t h i s c h a l l e n g e , and how t o work t o g e t h e r
w i t h t h e French and Russians.
•
Tony, I have r e a l concerns t h a t diplomacy w i l l n o t be
sufficient.
I w i l l need you t o j o i n w i t h me should we need t o
use m i l i t a r y f o r c e .
•
Once t h e UNSCOM s t a f f e r s are o u t o f I r a q tomorrow, I p l a n t o
announce t h e i n c r e a s e o f U.S. m i l i t a r y assets i n t h e G u l f
region.
I n p a r t i c u l a r , t h i s means movement o f t h e a i r c r a f t
c a r r i e r USS George Washington t o t h e G u l f .
•
We remain committed t o f l y i n g t h e U-2 f l i g h t i n s u p p o r t UNSCOM
t h i s weekend, and p e r i o d i c a l l y t h e r e a f t e r .
•
I want us t o c o n s u l t c l o s e l y d u r i n g t h i s . p e r i o d . As ever, I
t a k e s t r e n g t h from t h e c l o s e w o r k i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p we have. I
know t h a t I can count on you.
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DATE F r i d a y , November 14, 1997
LOCATION Oval O f f i c e
TIME TBD
FROM: SAMUEL R. BERGER ( M
I.
PURPOSE
Place phone c a l l t o B r i t i s h Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r t o respond
t o h i s November 8 l e t t e r (Tab B) on t h e I r a q c h a l l e n g e , t o
a d v i s e him o f our deployment o f a d d i t i o n a l f o r c e s t o t h e
P e r s i a n G u l f and t o ask t h a t he be w i t h us as we move
forward.
II.
BACKGROUND
B l a i r ' s l e t t e r was w r i t t e n b e f o r e t h e UN S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l
r e s o l u t i o n was passed, and p r i o r t o Thursday's demand t h a t
UNSCOM remove a l l Americans i m m e d i a t e l y . As i n p a s t
c o n f r o n t a t i o n s w i t h I r a q , t h e B r i t i s h have been b o t h
r e s o l u t e and d e s i r o u s o f f u l l c o n s u l t a t i o n . Y o u ' l l want t o
e x p l a i n our planned movement o f t h e USS George Washington
t o t h e r e g i o n , and press f o r h i s support i f and when we
need t o b u i l d t h e case f o r use o f f o r c e . You can commit t o
c l o s e s t c o n s u l t a t i o n s as t h i s c r i s i s u n f o l d s .
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A p p r e c i a t e v e r y much t h e message you sent me e a r l i e r t h i s
week. We share views on t h e t h r e a t I r a q poses w i t h i t s l a t e s t
a t t e m p t t o undermine UNSCOM, and how r e s o l u t e we must be.
•
Firmness i s e s s e n t i a l .
to Robin Cook.
•
I r a q ' s l a t e s t demand i s a v e r y s e r i o u s c h a l l e n g e t o t h e UN,
the UN S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l , and t h e s e c u r i t y o f t h e P e r s i a n G u l f .
•
Since Saddam c h a l l e n g e d us on October 29, we have t r i e d t o
work t h r o u g h d i p l o m a t i c means t o respond.
Your and my
c o u n t r i e s ' s u c c e s s f u l e f f o r t s i n New York on t h e r e s o l u t i o n
and on t h e P r e s i d e n t i a l statement produced c l e a r statements
from t h e C o u n c i l about t h e need f o r I r a q t o s t e p back.
•
Saddam's e x p u l s i o n o f t h e Americans i s a c l e a r r e p u d i a t i o n o f
the S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l ' s w i l l . We s u p p o r t Ambassador B u t l e r ' s
d e c i s i o n t o w i t h d r a w UNSCOM p e r s o n n e l from I r a q .
•
Madeleine l a i d o u t t o Robin Cook our d i p l o m a t i c s t r a t e g y .
Know t h a t Madeleine made these p o i n t s
•
F i r s t , m a i n t a i n UNSC u n i t y .
•
Second, press French and Russians t o use a l l o f t h e i r
l e v e r a g e t o g e t I r a q t o comply; i f t h e y f a i l , c h a l l e n g e
them t o j o i n us i n r a t c h e t i n g up p r e s s u r e .
•
F i n a l l y , your and my governments should d i s c u s s q u i e t l y
some c r e a t i v e means t o g i v e I r a q some " l i g h t a t t h e end o f
the t u n n e l " t h a t gets UNSCOM back o p e r a t i n g and c o n t i n u e s
our a b i l i t y t o c o n t a i n I r a q .
•
Tony, I have r e a l concerns t h a t diplomacy w i l l n o t be
sufficient.
I w i l l need you t o j o i n w i t h me s h o u l d we need t o
use m i l i t a r y f o r c e .
•
I announced y e s t e r d a y t h e movement o f t h e a i r c r a f t c a r r i e r USS
George Washington t o t h e r e g i o n . I may announce f u r t h e r f o r c e
movements as necessary.
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We remain committed t o f l y i n g the U-2 f l i g h t i n support o f
UNSCOM t h i s weekend, and p e r i o d i c a l l y t h e r e a f t e r .
•
I want us t o consult closely during t h i s period. As ever, I
take strength from the close working r e l a t i o n s h i p we have. I
know t h a t I can count on you.
I f Asked:
Q.
Don't we need f i n d i n g of "material breach" t o conduct
m i l i t a r y operations?
A.
I f we can get Council on board t h a t would be e x c e l l e n t .
But we may not be able t o . Shouldn't l e t t h a t stop us from
t a k i n g necessary a c t i o n .
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Embassy Moscow just called to say that a few minutes ago Yeltsin foreign policy aide Prihodkho had informed
them Yeltsin would call the President on Iraq. The call would most likely take place tomorrow, but timing was
unclear. We'll work with NESA on contingency talking points.
The President's doing a short note of the kind proposed below is now less urgent, but it would still be a good
gesture, especially if we could get it out today.
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From:
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To:
Malley, Robert; Helweg, M. Diana
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Importance:
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Now might be a good time for the President to write a short note to Yeltsin offering appropriate praise for
Russia's effort on Iraq, for CWC ratification and Yeltsin's China visit, and for the appointment yesterday of the
new, reformist economics minister, which will could help maintain international confidence in Russian economic
policy.
In his call on Sandy two weeks ago, Jim Collins suggested occasional handwritten notes to Yeltsin to bolster his
confidence and augur relations. Sandy agreed.
I would be grateful if you could run this proposal for a note by Sandy and Jim to see if they concur. Thanks.
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We have been a t t e m p t i n g t o arrange telephone c a l l s on I r a q from
you t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r , P r e s i d e n t Chirac and P r e s i d e n t
Yeltsin.
(We a l s o heard today from Embassy Moscow t h a t Y e l t s i n
wanted t o t a l k t o you and might t r y t o c a l l . )
Unfortunately,
g i v e n t h e time d i f f e r e n c e , no one was a v a i l a b l e t o t a k e a c a l l
y e s t e r d a y . We b e l i e v e , t h e r e f o r e , t h a t immediate messages from
you conveying your thanks f o r t h e i r p e r s o n a l e f f o r t s on I r a q and
your t h o u g h t s on next steps w i l l be t h e most e f f e c t i v e way t o
d o u b l e - t r a c k any e v e n t u a l c a l l s .
RECOMMENDATION
That you a u t h o r i z e t r a n s m i s s i o n o f t h e a t t a c h e d message t o
P r e s i d e n t s Y e l t s i n and Chirac and Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r .
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I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR PERSONAL EFFORTS TO HELP RESOLVE THE
RECENT CRISIS WITH UNSCOM, AND WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU MY
THOUGHTS ON NEXT STEPS REGARDING IRAQ. I WILL BE WRITING TO TO
JACQUES AND BORIS AS WELL. WE WORKED TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY TO
ENCOURAGE IRAQ TO REVERSE ITS EFFORT TO WEAKEN UNSCOM.
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PEOPLE. I PROPOSE THAT OUR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES I N NEW
YORK WORK TOCCTIIER T^BRING THIS ABOUT QUICKLY. THE PEOPLE OF
IRAQ DESERVE OUR HE1
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OF THIS STORY HA^ NOT YET BEEN WRITTEN. WE WILL STILL NEED TO
ENSURE COMPLIANCE BY SADDAM HUSSEIN. THAT SAID, I AM PLEASED
THAT STRONGLY /ETERMINED DIPLOMACY, BACKED BY HIGHLY CREDIBLE
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I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR PERSONAL EFFORTS TO HELP RESOLVE
THE RECENT CRISIS WITH UNSCOM, AND WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU MY
THOUGHTS ON NEXT STEPS REGARDING IRAQ. I WILL BE WRITING TO
JACQUES AND BORIS AS WELL. WE WORKED TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY
TO ENCOURAGE IRAQ TO REVERSE ITS EFFORT TO WEAKEN UNSCOM.
MADELEINE GAVE ME A POSITIVE READOUT ON THE GENEVA MEETING.
WE NEED TO KEEP TOGETHER NOW. IRAQ HAS PROMISED TO
COOPERATE WITH UNSCOM FULLY, AND WE NEED TO SEE THAT
COOPERATION ON THE GROUND AND I N THE AIR. WE SHOULD EXPECT
AN END TO IRAQ'S ATTEMPTS TO HARASS AND HAMPER UNSCOM
INSPECTIONS, AS WELL AS A CESSATION OF IRAQI THREATS AGAINST U-2
FLIGHTS.
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PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ DESERVE OUR HELP.
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I am writing to mention one matter I did not have the chance to raise
you during my visit to Washington.
I have recently learnt that the Kuwaitis may be on the point of selecting a
system to meet their requirement for self-propelled artillery, even though they
have given assurances that they would hold an open competition first. I
understand that the only real contenders in any such.competition would be your
M109 and our AS90. There are obviously arguments in favour of both.
Nevertheless, I strongly believe that the AS90 would be much better for the
Kuwaitis. I therefore hope that they will not be rushed into a decision and that
the two systems will be allowed to compete on equal terms.
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notes t h a t i t i s up t o t h e K u w a i t i s t o decide which system i s
b e t t e r f o r them.
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RECOMMENDATION
That you s i g n t h e l e t t e r a t Tab A.
Attachments
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B l a i r L e t t e r t o P r e s i d e n t on K ^ a i t A r t i l l e r y
Sale
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r sent a l e t t e r t o t h j ^ P r e s i d e n t , d a t e d
February 18 b u t n o t d e l i v e r e d u n t i l March 4, r e g a r d i n g
c o m p e t i t i o n t o s e l l a s e l f - p r o p e l l e d ^ a r t i l l e r y system t o Kuwait.
We have locked-up t h i s c o n t r a c t f o r /Our s u p e r i o r P a l a d i n system.
The B l a i r l e t t e r appears t o be a p/o forma appeal on b e h a l f o f
the competing B r i t i s h system. Gi/zen t h a t t h i s i s a done deal
f o r us, t h e r e i s l i t t l e p o i n t i r / the P r e s i d e n t r e p l y i n g i n
writing toBlair.
I n s t e a d , we/p op°se t h a t t h e P r e s i d e n t
respond t o t h i s l e t t e r t h e next time he and B l a i r speak on t h e
M i d d l e East; NESA would prepare a t a l k i n g p o i n t .
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P r e s i d e n t i a l L e t t e r t o UK Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r on
Kuwait A r t i l l e r y Sale
As a p o s t s c r i p t t o h i s o f f i c i a l v i s i t here February 5-7, Prime
Minister/v'wrote t h e P r e s i d e n t w i t h a p r o forma appeal f o r us t o
p u l l back from c l o s i n g an arms s a l e t o Kuwait. Your memorandum
c o v e r i n g t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s r e p l y i s a t Tab I .
Concurrences by:
Joe Marty and Steve Simon
RECOMMENDATION
That you s i g n t h e memorandum t o t h e P r e s i d e n t a t Tab I .
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Dear Tony:
Thank you f o r your note on the Kuwaiti s e l f propelled a r t i l l e r y system sale. I can
appreciate your keen i n t e r e s t i n t h i s issue.
I am sure t h a t the U.K. and U.S. systems hot:
have strong merits ana that the Kuwaitis w i i :
face a d i f f i c u l t decision. I know you agree
that, i n the end, i t w i l l be up to the
Kuwaiti government to decide which system
best s u i t s t h e i r needs.
Again, thanks f o r your note.
w i t h you soon.
I hope to t a l k
Sincere i.y,
The Right Honorable Tony B l a i r ,
Prime M i n i s t e r
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Your c a l l t o B r i t i s h Prime M i n i s t e r Tony B l a i r ,
F r i d a y , May 8, 1998, time TBD.
Tony B i a i r has asked t o speak t o you r e g a r d i n g the M i d d l e East
Peace Process and N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d .
Background
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d . The press i s now aware t h a t you are not going
t o N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d b e f o r e the May 22 referendum.
Blair visited
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d on Wednesday, w i t h John Major, t o press f o r a
yes v o t e on May 22. He met w i t h U l s t e r U n i o n i s t s and Orange
Order l e a d e r s i n an e f f o r t t o a l l e v i a t e t h e i r a n x i e t i e s
r e g a r d i n g t h e A p r i l 10 Peace Accord and secure t h e i r b a c k i n g .
Key q u e s t i o n s r a i s e d were decommissioning, p o l i c i n g r e f o r m and
p r i s o n e r r e l e a s e s . I n response t o a q u e s t i o n on whether t h e
accord can be made t o work i f approved, B l a i r s a i d t h e yes v o t e
enables people t o have a chance, a s k i n g what a l t e r n a t i v e was
o f f e r e d by t h e "no" v o t e campaign. His p r e v i o u s i n t e r v e n t i o n i n
the n o r t h was t o b l o c k the r e l e a s e o f a Parades Commission
r e p o r t recommending t h a t the most c o n t e n t i o u s marches ( i n J u l y )
be banned. This would have g i v e n ammunition t o t h e opponents o f
the Accord, weakening the yes v o t e on May 22.
T r i m b l e gave a b l i s t e r i n g speech Wednesday accusing u n i o n i s t
opponents o f " p o l i t i c a l cowardice" and o f " r u n n i n g away from the
b a t t l e f i e l d l a s t year." Pundits are b e i n g c a r e f u l not t o
presume a l a r g e U n i o n i s t m a j o r i t y i n f a v o r o f the accord, b u t
v a r i o u s N I town c o u n c i l s w i t h U n i o n i s t m a j o r i t i e s have passed
r e s o l u t i o n s f o r the accord — a b i t t e r blow t o I a n P a i s l e y .
Sinn Fein members w i l l vote Sunday on motions i n f a v o r o f the
Accord and changing the SF c o n s t i t u t i o n t o p e r m i t members t o
take seats i n the new Assembly. A copy was leaked p r e m a t u r e l y ,
t o t h e d i s t r e s s o f SF l e a d e r s h i p b u t t o warm welcomes i n I r e l a n d
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continues t o have problems w i t h d i s s i d e n t s . There are reports
that they are seeking t o make a l l i a n c e s w i t h other f r i n g e
republican groups f o r j o i n t attacks. The I r i s h p o l i c e k i l l e d
one such person, p a r t of a gang attempting t o rob an armored car
t r a n s p o r t i n g cash. There have been a series of so-far
i n e f f e c t i v e attacks i n the North. B l a i r ' s people now b e l i e v e ,
since the problems w i t h the vote are i n the Unionist community,
a Blair-Ahern-Clinton event i s inadvisable; we w i l l work on
something w i t h you and B l a i r .
Middle East Peace Process. Dennis a r r i v e d i n Jerusalem today
and w i l l see Netanyahu immediately. We w i l l get you a readout
as soon as a v a i l a b l e . He w i l l see A r a f a t e i t h e r l a t e r t o n i g h t
or f o r lunch tomorrow w i t h a message of reassurance t h a t we are
not watering down our ideas. Dennis plans t o see Netanyahu
again a f t e r Shabat ends on Saturday before the cabinet meeting
Sunday. I n t e r e s t i n g l y , I n f r a s t r u c t u r e M i n i s t e r Sharon has not
returned t o I s r a e l f o r the cabinet session, s t r o n g l y suggesting
he i s confident B i b i w i l l not accept our ideas.
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• Met w i t h a t e r r i f i c v i c t i m s support group yesterday - WAVE.
Wounded woman p o l i c e o f f i c e r , widows and mothers who l o s t
sons, and a Methodist preacher whose father was k i l l e d . They
are the reason why t h i s peace must work. Their courage
i n s p i r e s us, and shames others.
• Also announced i n i t i a t i v e s — w e ' l l help w i t h funding f o r
Springvale campus and t o support establishment o f the NI
assembly. Also, Secretary Daley w i l l lead business mission
next month — hope we can speed up j o b c r e a t i o n there. Jim
Lyons has some great ideas f o r t h a t .
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Powerful image of you and John Major i n B e l f a s t t h i s week.
Are you having any luck w i t h the Orange Order and the
undecided Unionists?
Middle East Peace Process
• Despite media claims, Madeleine and Dennis made progress.
B i b i and A r a f a t were serious and c o n s t r u c t i v e .
• B i b i asked f o r few days t o consult w i t h h i s Cabinet. Hopeful
he i s using t h i s time t o convince them of the need t o move
forward.
• He faces important decision — serious consequences whichever
path he chooses. He needs time t o work t h i s out.
• At B i b i ' s request, I sent Dennis Ross back t o pursue c r e a t i v e
ways t o make our ideas acceptable t o both p a r t i e s .
• We have c o n s i s t e n t l y pursued a p o l i c y of c o n f i d e n t i a l
diplomacy and "no surprises" w i t h the I s r a e l i s , and I w i l l
continue t h a t approach.
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I'm not going t o s e l l A r a f a t out.
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But i t i s important we get r e a l r e s u l t s on the ground, not a
package t o which one party says yes and the other cannot.
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I f t h a t i s not achievable, we w i l l remain engaged i n the peace
process, but we re-evaluate our approach.
•
I spoke l a s t night t o an Arab American Leadership conference;
made clear that while I am best f r i e n d I s r a e l has ever had i n
White House, I am also committed t o peace process and t o
s o l u t i o n meeting the needs of both p a r t i e s .
•
Dennis should be back by the time I see you i n Birmingham
where we can discuss t h i s more i n depth.
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Met w i t h a t e r r i f i c v i c t i m s support group y e s t e r d a y - WAVE.
Wounded woman p o l i c e o f f i c e r , widows and mothers who p o s t
sons, and a M e t h o d i s t preacher whose f a t h e r was k i l L e d .
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are t h e reason why t h i s peace must work. T h e i r courage
i n s p i r e s us, and shames o t h e r s .
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A l s o announced i n i t i a t i v e s — w e ' l l h e l p w i t h f u n d i n g f o r
S p r i n g v a l e campus and t o support e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f t h e N I
assembly. A l s o , S e c r e t a r y Daley w i l l l e a d Jousiness m i s s i o n
n e x t month — hope we can speed up j o b c r e a t i o n t h e r e . J i m
Lyons has some g r e a t ideas f o r t h a t .
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P o w e r f u l image o f you and John Major
B e l f a s t t h i s week.
Are you h a v i n g any l u c k w i t h t h e Or/mge Order and t h e
undecided U n i o n i s t s ?
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B i b i and A r a f a t wereyeerious and c o n s t r u c t i v e .
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B i b i asked f o r f e y days t o c o n s u l t w i t h h i s Cabinet.
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he i s u s i n g t h i s / t i m e t o convince them o f t h e need t o move
forward.
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p a t h he chooses. He needs time t o work t h i s o u t .
•
A t Bibi^'s r e q u e s t , I sent Dennis Ross back t o pursue c r e a t i v e
waysyco make our ideas acceptable t o b o t h p a r t i e s .
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Iiplomacy and "no s u r p r i s e s " w i t h t h e I s r a e l i s , and I w i l l
'continue t h a t approach.
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I'm n o t going t o s e l l A r a f a t o u t .
down and r i s k l o s i n g him.
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t h a t they a r e seeking t o make a l l i a n c e s w i t h o t h e r f r i n g e
r e p u b l i c a n groups f o r j o i n t a t t a c k s . The I r i s h p o l i c e k i l l e d
one such person, p a r t o f a gang a t t e m p t i n g t o rob an armored ca/
t r a n s p o r t i n g cash. There have been a s e r i e s o f s o - f a r
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t h a t t h e y are s e e k i n g t o make a l l i a n c e s w i t h o t h e r f r i n g e
r e p u b l i c a n groups f o r j o i n t a t t a c k s . The I r i s h p o l i c e k i l l e d
one such person, p a r t o f a gang a t t e m p t i n g t o rob an armored/car
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and w i l l see Netanyahu immediately/ We w i l l g e t v6u a readout
as soon as a v a i l a b l e . He w i l l seer A r a f a t e i t h e r / l a t e r t o n i g h t
or f o r l u n c h tomorrow w i t h a message o f reassurance t h a t we are
not w a t e r i n g down our i d e a s . Dermis p l a n s t o >see Netanyahu
again a f t e r Shabat ends on Saturday b e f o r e th'e c a b i n e t meeting
Sunday. I n t e r e s t i n g l y , I n f r a s t r u c t u r e M i n i s t e r Sharon has n o t
r e t u r n e d t o I s r a e l f o r t h e cabinjet s e s s i o n / s t r o n g l y s u g g e s t i n g
he i s c o n f i d e n t B i b i w i l l n o t aqcept o u r A d e a s .
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
SAMUEL BERGER
SUBJECT:
Your c a l l t o B r i t i s h Prime M i n i s t e r Tony B l a i r ,
F r i d a y , May 8, 1998, time TBD.
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Tony B l a i r has a sked t o speak t o you r e g a r d i n g the Middle
Peace Process and^Northern I r e l a n d .
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Background
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d . The\press i s now aware t h a t you are not going
t o N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d b e f a r e t h e May 22 referendum.
Blair visited
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d on Wednesday, w i t h John Major, t o press f o r a
yes v o t e on May 22.
He meV w i t h U l s t e r U n i o n i s t s and Orange
Order l e a d e r s i n an e f f o r t r o a l l e v i a t e t h e i r a n x i e t i e s
r e g a r d i n g the A p r i l 10 P e a c e V c c o r d and secure t h e i r b a c k i n g .
Key q u e s t i o n s r a i s e d were d e c o W i s s i o n i n g , p o l i c i n g r e f o r m and
p r i s o n e r r e l e a s e s . I n response\to a q u e s t i o n on whether t h e
accord can be made t o work i f apWoved, B l a i r s a i d t h e yes vote
enables people t o have a chance, \ s k i n g what a l t e r n a t i v e was
o f f e r e d by the "no" v o t e campaign. \ His p r e v i o u s i n t e r v e n t i o n i n
the n o r t h was t o b l o c k t h e r e l e a s e o^. a Parades Commission
r e p o r t recommending t h a t t h e most contventious marches ( i n J u l y )
be banned. T h i s would have g i v e n ammunition t o the opponents o f
the Accord, weakening the yes vote on Mav 22.
T r i m b l e gave a b l i s t e r i n g speech WednesdaAaccusing u n i o n i s t
opponents o f " p o l i t i c a l cowardice" and o f R u n n i n g away from the
b a t t l e f i e l d l a s t year." Pundits are being c f e r e f u l not t o
presume a l a r g e U n i o n i s t m a j o r i t y i n f a v o r ofVthe accord, b u t
v a r i o u s N I town c o u n c i l s w i t h U n i o n i s t m a j o r i t i e s have passed
r e s o l u t i o n s f o r t h e accord — a b i t t e r blow t o X
Paisley.
a n
Sinn Fein members w i l l v o t e Sunday on motions i n f a v o r o f the
Accord and changing the SF c o n s t i t u t i o n t o p e r m i t members t o
take seats i n t h e new Assembly. A copy was leaked p r e m a t u r e l y ,
t o t h e d i s t r e s s o f SF l e a d e r s h i p but t o warm welcomes i n I r e l a n d
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�-eeNUlDhNllALas evidence t h a t Sinn Fein i s serious about peace. The IRA
continues t o have problems w i t h d i s s i d e n t s . There are reporl
t h a t they are seeking t o make a l l i a n c e s w i t h other f r i n g e
republican groups f o r j o i n t attacks. The I r i s h p o l i c e k i l l e d
one such person, p a r t of a gang attempting t o rob an arprored car
t r a n s p o r t i n g cash. There have been a series of so-fa]
i n e f f e c t i v e attacks i n the North.
Middle East Peace Process. Dennis a r r i v e d i n Jerusalem today
and w i l l see Netanyahu immediately. We w i l l gel? you a readout
as soon as a v a i l a b l e . He w i l l see A r a f a t e i t h e r l a t e r t o n i g h t
or f o r lunch tomorrow w i t h a message of reassurance t h a t we are
not watering down our ideas. Dennis plans/to see Netanyahu
again a f t e r Shabat ends on Saturday befoj?4 the cabinet meeting
Sunday. I n t e r e s t i n g l y , I n f r a s t r u c t u r e i ^ i n i s t e r Sharon has not
returned t o I s r a e l f o r the cabinet session, s t r o n g l y suggesting
he i s confident B i b i w i l l not accept/our ideas.
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Northern Ireland
Met w i t h a t e r r i f i c v i c t i m s supporlt group yestei?aay - WAVE.
Wounded woman p o l i c e o f f i c e r , widows and mothers who l o s t
sons, and a Methodist preacher whose f a t h e r vfas k i l l e d . They
are the reason why t h i s peace must work. jPheir courage
i n s p i r e s us, and shames others.
Also announced i n i t i a t i v e s — w e ' l l h^lp w i t h funding f o r
Springvale campus and to support establishment of the NI
assembly. Also, Secretary Daley w i l l lead business mission
next month — hope we can speedup j o b c r e a t i o n there. Jim
Lyons has some great ideas f o r / t h a t .
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B i b i and A r a f a / were serious and c o n s t r u c t i v e .
• B i b i asked >r few days t o consult w i t h h i s Cabinet. Hopeful
he i s usinc t h i s time t o convince them o f the need t o move
forward.
• He faces' important decision — serious consequences whichever
path her chooses. He needs time t o work t h i s out.
• At R i b i ' s request, I sent Dennis Ross back t o pursue c r e a t i v e
wave t o make our ideas acceptable t o both p a r t i e s .
have c o n s i s t e n t l y pursued a p o l i c y of c o n f i d e n t i a l
liplomacy and "no surprises" w i t h the I s r a e l i s , and I w i l l
continue t h a t approach.
I'm not going t o s e l l Arafat out.
down and r i s k l o s i n g him.
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But i t i s important we get r e a l r e s u l t s on the ground, noi
package t o which one party says yes and the other cannol
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I f t h a t i s not achievable, we w i l l remain engaged i n / t h e peace
process, but we re-evaluate our approach.
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I spoke l a s t night t o an Arab American Leadersh^j conference;
made clear t h a t while I am best f r i e n d Israelyfias ever had i n
White House, I am also committed t o peace process and t o
s o l u t i o n meeting the needs of both p a r t i e s ^
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Dennis should be back by the time I se( you i n Birmingham
where we can discuss t h i s more i n dep,*
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MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h I r i s h Prime M i n i s t e r B e r t i e
Ahern
PARTICIPANTS:
The P r e s i d e n t
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern
N o t e t a k e r s : David H i g g i n s , Sean Rice,
George Chastain, J o e l Schrader and
Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The P r e s i d e n t :
May 23, 1998, 12:13 - 12:16 p.m. EDT
Camp David, Maryland
Hello?
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
H e l l o , Mr. P r e s i d e n t ?
The P r e s i d e n t : B e r t i e , i t ' s a g r e a t day f o r t h e I r i s h . You
must know by name every S.O.B. t h a t v o t e d i n the R e p u b l i c .
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
The
President:
I t h i n k we g o t 95 p e r c e n t .
They broke 70 p e r c e n t i n t h e N o r t h .
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: Well I headed out t r y i n g t o g e t 80-20
here, b u t I t h i n k i t s going t o be 95-5 on a huge v o t e .
It's
almost as good as our l a s t e l e c t i o n .
I'm r e a l l y happy about
t h a t . Yes, by o u r r e c k o n i n g they g o t 71 p e r c e n t . Four o r f i v e
p e r c e n t o f t h e Republicans would have v o t e d "No," b u t i t i s
c e r t a i n l y a m a j o r i t y o f Republicans by f i v e p e r c e n t . There i s i
m a j o r i t y o f U n i o n i s t s who v o t e d "Yes," b u t even on t h e v e r y
w o r s t case every s i n g l e n a t i o n a l i s t would have t o have v o t e d
a g a i n s t . That c o u l d n ' t have happened, so, c l e a r l y I would say
f i v e o r s i x p e r c e n t more v o t e d "No;" b u t we g o t t h e
N a t i o n a l i s t s , Republicans, I r i s h and t h a t wasn't bad, Mr.
President.
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�The P r e s i d e n t :
God i t ' s w o n d e r f u l .
I'm happy f o r you.
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: I a p p r e c i a t e your h e l p .
t o g e t t i n g you back soon.
We l o o k
forward
The P r e s i d e n t :
W e l l , i f t h e r e i s a n y t h i n g we can do t o h e l p ,
you l e t me know. I hope t h e assembly e l e c t i o n s now go as w e l l .
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
P a i s l e y w i l l have t o be n e g a t i v e .
The P r e s i d e n t : W e l l , I b e t a l o t o f people who v o t e d w i t h
P a i s l e y w i l l be s u f f i c i e n t l y impressed t o come over and work
w i t h t h i s agreement.
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: About 85 p e r c e n t o f t h e i s l a n d v o t e d
"Yes." I can't t h i n k o f anywhere i n t h e w o r l d where such a
c l e a r v o t e has been h e l d i n t h e l a s t 50 years.
The P r e s i d e n t :
God, i t ' s so t o u c h i n g .
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: We a p p r e c i a t e a l l your e f f o r t Mr.
President.
I f we d i d n ' t i n t e r n a t i o n a l i z e t h i s , i t would never
have happened Mr. P r e s i d e n t . Without your support we never
would have been able t o s t a y around t h e t a b l e .
The P r e s i d e n t :
celebration.
I can't w a i t t o come because i t w i l l be a g r e a t
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
The P r e s i d e n t :
We'll have a good c e l e b r a t i o n .
Keep i n t o u c h .
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: Thank you, Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
f o r w a r d t o seeing you g e t back here.
The P r e s i d e n t :
bye.
I l o o k f o r w a r d t o g e t t i n g back.
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
—
We l o o k
Take care,
good
Goodbye.
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h David T r i m b l e , U l s t e r U n i o n i s t
P a r t y Leader
PARTICIPANTS:
The P r e s i d e n t
David T r i m b l e
Notetakers:
David H i g g i n s , Sean Rice,
George Chastain, J o e l Schrader and
Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. T r i m b l e :
The P r e s i d e n t :
May 23, 1998, 1:01 - 1:04 p.m. EDT
Camp David, Maryland
David?
Yes.
Congratulations.
Mr. T r i m b l e : Thank you v e r y much Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
Everything
came t h r o u g h i n t h e end w i t h a b i t o f a f i g h t , b u t we g o t t h e r e .
The P r e s i d e n t :
I'm r e a l l y proud o f you. I n t h e l a s t t h r e e days
everyone was r e a l l y pumping hard. You g o t a l l t h e undecided t o
break f o r you.
Mr. T r i m b l e :
I t took t h e whole r u n o f t h e week, b u t I t h i n k i t
t u r n e d over t h e weekend and more people w i l l come a f t e r t h e
event.
Even some o f those who v o t e d "No" w i l l change.
The P r e s i d e n t : I b e l i e v e t h a t a l s o . I've heard what P a i s l e y i s
s a y i n g , b u t I b e l i e v e a l o t o f people who v o t e d "No" w i l l say
g i v e i t a chance. Do you t h i n k you g o t 52 p e r c e n t i n t h e
Protestant elections?
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�Mr. T r i m b l e :
I don't know i f i t was as good as t h a t . I f i t was
a Westminster e l e c t i o n today, I would have l o s t my s e a t .
I have
a p r o b l e m b u t i t w i l l come r i g h t .
I ' v e g o t a few years.
The P r e s i d e n t : You d i d a h e l l o f a t h i n g and you were v e r y
brave.
I want t o h e l p however I can.
Mr. T r i m b l e : That was one t h i n g I was q u i t e sure o f i n my mind
and I managed t o do i t . I t was t h e r i g h t t h i n g and I knew t h a t
i t would come r i g h t i n t h e end. There were some times l a s t week
when I wondered i f we would a c t u a l l y make i t .
The P r e s i d e n t :
I j u s t wanted t o say c o n g r a t s .
Mr. T r i m b l e :
I am now l o o k i n g f o r Adams t o d i v v y up a b i t .
There a r e a number o f t h i n g s he has g o t t o do and t h e sooner he
s t a r t s d o i n g them t h e b e t t e r .
The P r e s i d e n t :
earned i t .
I w i l l g e t on i t .
Have a w o n d e r f u l day. You
Mr. T r i m b l e :
I'm heading o f f i n 45 o r 50 minutes t i m e f o r t h e
f i r s t m e e t i n g o f our c o n s t i t u e n c y c o u n c i l t o p l a n f o r our f i r s t
assembly e l e c t i o n .
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. T r i m b l e :
That's g r e a t .
Take care man.
Right.
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein Leader
PARTICIPANTS:
The P r e s i d e n t
Gerry Adams
N o t e t a k e r s : David H i g g i n s , Sean Rice,
George Chastain, J o e l Schrader and
Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
Mr. Adams:
May 23, 1998, 1:28 - 1:32 p.m. EDT
Camp David, Maryland
Hello?
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
Gerry, c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s .
Thank you v e r y much; you are v e r y k i n d
The P r e s i d e n t :
You guys d i d a g r e a t j o b .
Mr. Adams: I have t o l d everyone a l l day t h a t t h i s
b e g i n n i n g and we're moving t o t h e f u t u r e . Thank you f o r keeping
f a i t h i n a l l t h i s . I r e f l e c t sometimes on t h e f i r s t t i m e I went
t h e r e , and I t h i n k you were r i g h t then — w e l l done.
The P r e s i d e n t :
What do you t h i n k t h e f i n a l P r o t e s t a n t v o t e was?
Mr. Adams: I t ' s i m p o s s i b l e t o know. I t ' s c l e a r t h a t t h e
m a j o r i t y v o t e d i n f a v o r o f t h i s , and I t h i n k i t was a v e r y
s o p h i s t i c a t e d v o t e . O b v i o u s l y people from a l l q u a r t e r s ,
i n c l u d i n g Republicans had problems. I do b e l i e v e t h i s i s a leap
of f a i t h i n t o t h e f u t u r e .
I was a p p e a l i n g t o t h e "No" v o t e r s
t h a t t h e y were v o t i n g t h r o u g h f e a r and n o t t o t h i n k about i t .
There w i l l be r e s i s t a n c e from t h i s q u a r t e r , b u t we c o n t i n u e t o
s t a y focused and work t h r o u g h i t .
The P r e s i d e n t : That's what I t h i n k . We have t o work a t i t now,
and l o o k a t some ways t o keep everybody's f a i t h and good s p i r i t s
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�up now. We need t o g e t t h e process on t h e r i g h t t r a c k . You a r e
i n a s t r o n g e r p o s i t i o n now; w i t h t h i s v o t e ; you have been
validated.
Mr. Adams: 70 p e r c e n t v o t e d i n f a v o r i n t h e n o r t h . I n t h e
south, t h e r e wasn't such a h i g h t u r n o u t , b u t 92 p e r c e n t i n
favor... t o me, i t ' s t h a t they were v o t i n g i n f a v o r o f a whole
r a f t o f f u t u r e issues.
I am going t o t a l k t o B l a i r l a t e r .
I'm
going t o be a t t h e White House next week, Thursday o r Wednesday;
I ' d l i k e t o see you t h e r e . I'm going t o t h e S t a t e s f o r some
speaking engagements.
The
President:
I f I'm i n town, I ' d be g l a d t o see you.
Mr. Adams: My sense o f a l l t h i s i s t h a t t h e people a r e ahead o f
the p o l i t i c i a n s .
The
You
President:
They o f t e n are; n o t j u s t t h e r e , b u t everywhere.
have a good time and enjoy your c e l e b r a t i o n .
Mr. Adams:
The
Please say h e l l o t o my w i f e .
President:
Sure.
[Mr. Adams passes phone t o Mrs. Adams.]
Mrs.
Adams:
Hello?
The P r e s i d e n t :
good today.
Mrs.
Adams:
Hello.
Yes.
How are you?
I s n ' t i t grand.
You must be f e e l i n g so
I t ' s g r e a t t o t a l k t o you.
The P r e s i d e n t :
Thank you. I'm r e a l l y l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o
keeping on w i t h t h i s . You must be v e r y proud.
Mrs.
The
Adams:
W e l l , I'm v e r y proud o f my husband.
President:
Mrs. Adams:
bye.
I t ' s n i c e speaking t o you.
W e l l , i t was n i c e speaking t o you. Thank you; bye
[Mr. Adams back on l i n e . ]
Mr. Adams:
Thanks f o r t h a t .
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�The President:
Okay, man.
Mr. Adams: Tomorrow, by the way, my county team, the one my son
plays on, plays Donegal i n Gaelic f o o t b a l l . That w i l l be the
r e a l t e s t ; Antrim hasn't beaten them i n 15 years. That would be
the u l t i m a t e m i r a c l e .
The President:
Mr. Adams:
Well done, and thanks again.
Good bye.
-- End of Conversation
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h John Hume, S o c i a l Democratic and
Labour P a r t y Leader
PARTICIPANTS
The P r e s i d e n t
John Hume
Notetakers:
Cindy Lawrence, Anthony
Campanella, Robert Ford, J o e l Schrader
and Lawrence B u t l e r
May 23, 1998, 7:05 - 7:09 p.m. EDT
Camp David, Maryland
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The
President:
Mr.
Hume:
John?
Yes. H i t h e r e , Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
The P r e s i d e n t :
day was over.
I j u s t wanted t o say c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s b e f o r e t h e
Mr. Hume: Thanks a m i l l i o n .
Thank you f o r your h e l p and
support.
We c o u l d n o t have done i t w i t h o u t you, and we would
not be where we a r e today.
The P r e s i d e n t :
ecstatic.
W e l l , I'm j u s t t h r i l l e d .
Everyone over here i s
Mr. Hume: Very good. I t was t r u l y amazing and q u i t e an
h i s t o r i c day. We had 80 p e r c e n t come o u t t o v o t e and 71 p e r c e n t
voted yes.
The P r e s i d e n t :
d i d n ' t you?
You g o t a s l i g h t m a j o r i t y o f t h e P r o t e s t a n t s ,
Mr. Hume: Oh, yes, r i g h t across t h e board. There i s a g r e a t
mood among t h e people.
I t was marvelous a l l t o g e t h e r . There i s
g r e a t g r a t i t u d e f o r a l l you've done.
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�The President: Well, thank you. I t ' s been my pleasure.
have t o keep at i t and I ' l l do my p a r t .
We
Mr. Hume: Absolutely! The months ahead w i l l be very c r u c i a l .
P o l i t i c i a n s are now moving t o work together across our d i v i d e .
The r e a l t h i n g i s working the common ground, which I c a l l
economics. Economically, both sides w i l l be able t o break down
the b a r r i e r s of c e n t u r i e s .
The President: I agree w i t h t h a t . Like I said, I am ready t o
go t o work. I t a l k e d t o B e r t i e and Tony and others.
Mr. Hume: That w i l l be very good and encouraging t o everyone.
I understand that the Secretary o f State ( s i c - Commerce) w i l l
be coming here next month.
The President:
That's what I hear.
Mr. Hume: Funny, the two days he i s here, I am i n New York.
w i l l be l o o k i n g forward t o your next v i s i t .
I
The President: Yes, I ' d l i k e t o come. I t ' s a great day. I t
took years and years. You must f e e l somewhat v i n d i c a t e d today.
Mr. Hume: Ah, yes. I t ' s very good. I t o l d people the problem
has not changed and n e i t h e r should our approach t o solve i t .
You know what i s r e a l l y i n t e r e s t i n g i s the mood of the people,
e s p e c i a l l y the mood of the young people. Young people are
generally very c y n i c a l about p o l i t i c s ; but t h e i r p o s i t i v e
response i n the s t r e e t s — I couldn't believe i t . I t was
powerful. We had a special show the other n i g h t w i t h U2, you
know the pop group. Well, a young person got up on stage and
said, "our generation i s the one generation t h a t has l i v e d w i t h
the t r o u b l e s our whole l i f e . And we don't want t o see another
generation l i v e through i t . " The statement made a tremendous
impact.
The President:
Oh great.
Mr. Hume: I am about t o c a l l your Ambassador, Jean Kennedy
Smith. She had a great TV show l a s t n i g h t . I t was on a l l over.
I t ' s a p i t y she's leaving us.
The President:
She's a good soul.
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�Mr. Hume: She r e a l l y got down t o the grass-root l e v e l i n a way
most ambassadors don't.
The President: Well, I ' l l t r y t o p i c k another good one f o r you
who w i l l do the same.
Mr. Hume:
I look forward t o seeing you.
The President:
Mr. Hume:
Thank you. Goodbye,
Thanks a m i l l i o n .
friend.
A l l the best.
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MEMORANDUM FOR SAMUEL R. BERGER
THROUGH:
ROBERT G. BELL
FROM:
ANNE WITKOWSKt
SUBJECT:
Landmines: POTUS L e t t e r t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
At Tab A i s a proposed l e t t e r t o be sent v i a p r i v a c y channels
from t h e P r e s i d e n t t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r on U.S. APL concerns,
g i v e n UK adherence t o t h e Ottawa Convention.
On A p r i l 27, on
the margins o f a memo from you, t h e P r e s i d e n t agreed t o r a i s e
the i s s u e w i t h B l a i r t h e next time they spoke. However, t h e
press o f o t h e r business has p r e c l u d e d a d i s c u s s i o n on i t .
Though S e c r e t a r i e s A l b r i g h t and Cohen have r a i s e d t h e i s s u e w i t h
t h e i r c o u n t e r p a r t s , we have been t o l d r e p e a t e d l y by t h e B r i t i s h
Embassy here t h a t B l a i r i s t h e ke^
Concurrence by:
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DATE: August 27, 1998
LOCATION: TBD
TIME: 4:15 p.m.
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PURPOSE
To d i s c u s s your v i s i t t o Russia, and the Russian f i n a n c i a l
s i t u a t i o n i n p a r t i c u l a r , and t o N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d .
II.
BACKGROUND
Tony B l a i r w i l l be e i t h e r i n S c o t l a n d o r have j u s t r e t u r n e d
from t h e r e when you speak. He has the Russian f i n a n c i a l
s i t u a t i o n v e r y much on h i s mind. Your t a l k i n g p o i n t s cover
the main issues t h a t he w i l l cover -- seriousness o f the
f i n a n c i a l s i t u a t i o n and who i s i n power i n Moscow.
Russia.
News r e p o r t s and rumors o f Y e l t s i n ' s death o r
r e s i g n a t i o n have c i r c u l a t e d t h r o u g h o u t Moscow and g l o b a l
f i n a n c i a l markets today. The most s e r i o u s i s t h a t Y e l t s i n
s i g n e d a l e t t e r o f r e s i g n a t i o n , b u t w i l l not date i t u n t i l
Chernomyrdin i s c o n f i r m e d as prime m i n i s t e r ; upon Y e l t s i n ' s
r e s i g n a t i o n , Chernomyrdin would become a c t i n g P r e s i d e n t f o r
90 days, f o l l o w e d by new e l e c t i o n s . We cannot c o n f i r m any
of these r e p o r t s . Y e l t s i n ' s spokesman s a i d e a r l i e r today,
"No r e s i g n a t i o n has been on the agenda."
S t r o b e r e p o r t s from Moscow t h a t the s i t u a t i o n i s indeed
s e r i o u s , and events are changing r a p i d l y . B l a i r w i l l a l s o
want t o review your plans f o r t h e Summit and assessment the
Russian economic s i t u a t i o n .
Russia's economic s l i d e
a c c e l e r a t e d again today. Currency markets d i d not reopen
a f t e r y e s t e r d a y ' s r u b l e c r a s h . Stocks c o n t i n u e d t h e i r
plunge, f a l l i n g 17%. P u b l i c concern i s growing; l i n e s f o r
b a s i c goods and a t banks are b e i n g r e p o r t e d i n v a r i o u s
cities.
Work c o n t i n u e d on a d r a f t a n t i - c r i s i s program
j o i n t l y a u t h o r e d by the Duma, F e d e r a t i o n C o u n c i l , and t h e
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e x e c u t i v e branch; t h e p l a n a p p a r e n t l y i n c l u d e s s e v e r a l
r e p u d i a t i o n s o f t h e p r e v i o u s government's s t a b i l i z a t i o n and
r e f o r m measures.
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d . Tony B l a i r w i l l want t o review your
schedule and t r i p o b j e c t i v e s and themes, as w e l l as b r i e f
you on h i s s i x s t e p p l a n t o break t h e logjam i n
i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e Good F r i d a y Accord. He and B e r t i e
Ahern have engaged b o t h l e a d e r s i n an i n t e n s i v e s h u t t l e
d i a l o g u e and have a s i x - s t e p p l a n . F i r s t i s g e t t i n g Adams
to make a statement t o t h e e f f e c t t h a t the war i s over.
Second i s f o r a meeting o f a l l t h e p a r t y l e a d e r s . T h i r d i s
an Adams-Trimble b i l a t e r a l .
Fourth i s appointing Martin
McGuinness as Sinn Fein's c o o r d i n a t o r f o r decommissioning.
F i f t h i s some form o f a c t u a l decommissioning. S i x t h i s
T r i m b l e naming t h e E x e c u t i v e ( i n c l u d e s two Sinn Fein
m i n i s t e r s ) . The dominant h u r d l e i s number f i v e ; B l a i r may
suggest (and we concur) t h a t you c a l l Adams t h i s week t o
urge him t o a c t b o l d l y on t h i s unique o p p o r t u n i t y t o
demonstrate t h a t process has momentum.
You should ask B l a i r what c o n c r e t e steps we can t a k e t o
b r i n g Adams on board, i n c l u d i n g any sweeteners t h a t e i t h e r
the UK o r we can p r o v i d e him t o make i t e a s i e r ; however,
you should a l s o e x p l a i n t h a t your experience w i t h Adams t h e
past f o u r years shows we need t o be c a u t i o u s i n i s o l a t i n g
him -- weakening Gerry w i l l n o t advance our common
o b j e c t i v e i n f i n a l l y m a r g i n a l i z i n g the "hard men."
Regarding t h e Real IRA and A n g l o - I r i s h measures t o suppress
i t , you should i n d i c a t e t o B l a i r concern about a backlash
to suspension o f f i r s t and f i f t h amendment r i g h t s i n
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d . The UK w i l l enact l e g i s l a t i o n next week
making i t p o s s i b l e f o r a suspected RIRA member t o be
c o n v i c t e d on t h e word o f a s e n i o r RUG o f f i c e r when t h e
i n d i v i d u a l r e f u s e s t o t e s t i f y a g a i n s t h i m s e l f . This runs
counter t o t h e l i b e r a l i z a t i o n e n v i s i o n e d under t h e Good
F r i d a y Accord, seems t o be a d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e response t o
the t h r e a t posed by a v e r y s m a l l group, and (as r e c e n t
h i s t o r y shows) lends i t s e l f t o abuse by s e c u r i t y o f f i c i a l s
w i t h o l d scores t o s e t t l e .
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d Schedule. We are l a r g e l y i n sync w i t h t h e
B r i t i s h on your schedule, t h e d e t a i l s o f which were passed
to B l a i r ' s o f f i c e t h i s morning. You a r r i v e mid-morning
from Moscow and go d i r e c t l y t o Stormont f o r a s h o r t
b i l a t e r a l w i t h T r i m b l e and M a l l o n , f o l l o w e d by s e r i e s o f
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s e m i - p r i v a t e meetings w i t h t h e p a r t i e s a t a r e c e p t i o n w i t h
the assembly. You w i l l then go t o W a t e r f r o n t H a l l , b r i e f l y
m e e t i n g w i t h John Hume upon a r r i v a l , t o d e l i v e r your p o l i c y
speech t o t h e Assembly members and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d ' s s o c i e t y . Your l a s t stop i n B e l f a s t i s
f o r t h e S p r i n g v a l e E d u c a t i o n a l V i l l a g e groundbreaking;
B l a i r i s uncomfortable w i t h t h i s as he has not been seen i n
p u b l i c w i t h Adams y e t . Adams w i l l be present among a group
of VIPs ( i n h i s d i s t r i c t ) b u t he w i l l not be onstage and
has no i n d i v i d u a l r o l e . The B r i t i s h are s l i g h t l y uneasy
w i t h what might seem t o be a reward t o Adams i f t h e r e i s no
p r o g r e s s on democracy, b u t t h e y now seem t o accept our
l o g i c on t h e importance o f S p r i n g v a l e and i t s c o n n e c t i o n
w i t h t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Fund f o r I r e l a n d and t h e low key
n a t u r e o f t h e Adams r o l e .
You w i l l then depart f o r Omagh t o meet b r i e f l y w i t h a group
i n c l u d i n g a c r o s s - s e c t i o n o f community leaders and f a m i l y
members and l a y a wreath, and c o n t i n u e on t o Armagh f o r
your crowd event. Each o f those events accomplishes your
major o b j e c t i v e s i n s u p p o r t i n g N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d ' s peace and
prosperity:
the peace process and a new p o l i t i c a l
i n s t i t u t e , e d u c a t i o n , help f o r e c o n o m i c a l l y disadvantaged
areas, r e c o n c i l i a t i o n and r e d e d i c a t i o n o f American support
f o r t h e N o r t h e r n I r i s h people.
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S i t u a t i o n i n Moscow
•
Strobe i s on the ground t a l k i n g t o a l l the major p l a y e r s .
He
says t h e s i t u a t i o n i s o b v i o u s l y s e r i o u s ; some r e p o r t s o f
u n r e s t and d i s o r d e r may be exaggerated. Agrees t h a t we need
t o watch the s i t u a t i o n v e r y c l o s e l y .
•
Key concern: who's i n charge. Seen r e p o r t s o f Y e l t s i n
r e s i g n a t i o n ; cannot c o n f i r m them. Y e l t s i n i n dacha,
Chernomyrdin focused on c o n f i r m a t i o n .
•
Strobe met w i t h Y e l t s i n ' s c h i e f o f s t a f f Yumashev. He
r e a f f i r m e d t h a t Chernomyrdin w i l l lead a r e a l government, n o t
a government o f n a t i o n a l u n i t y .
•
Strobe underscored t h e r i s k o f being o v e r - i n c l u s i v e .
s a i d t h a t they are p r e p a r e d t o r e s i s t .
•
What t h a t means i s u n c l e a r . Yumashev i m p l i e d t h a t new
government c o u l d have members w i t h " d i f f e r e n t p o l i t i c a l
labels."
Yumashev
Economic Issues
•
We a r e e x t r e m e l y concerned about r a p i d d e t e r i o r a t i o n i n t h e
economy. C e n t r a l Bank i s under tremendous p r e s s u r e t o i n j e c t
l i q u i d i t y i n t o the banking sector.
•
Banks are t a k i n g t h a t money o u t o f t h e c o u n t r y , i n s t e a d o f
meeting t h e i r o b l i g a t i o n s .
The Russians need t o send c l e a r e r s i g n a l s about t h e i r economic
p o l i c y . Concerned t h a t we may get c o n f u s i n g messages b e f o r e
t h e r e i s more c l a r i t y .
New t r i l a t e r a l commission (Duma/Federation C o u n c i l / E x e c u t i v e
Branch) f l o a t i n g ideas l i k e p r i c e c o n t r o l s and r e n a t i o n a l i z i n g
key i n d u s t r i e s .
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This k i n d o f t a l k w i l l send p r e c i s e l y t h e wrong s i g n a l s t o
markets, even though i t ' s n o t c l e a r t h e ideas w i l l be
implemented.
•
Russians need t o understand t h a t s t a b i l i z a t i o n depends on t h e
steps t h e y take i n t e r n a l l y . No easy choices or s i l v e r b u l l e t s
available.
Summit
•
As f a r as Strobe can t e l l ,
underway.
Russian summit p r e p a r a t i o n s
•
Know t h a t I'm w a l k i n g i n t o v e r y c o m p l i c a t e d s i t u a t i o n .
agenda:
still
My
-- underscore t h a t engagement w i t h Russia remains v e r y
i m p o r t a n t and has major s e c u r i t y i m p l i c a t i o n s f o r t h e U.S.
and i n t e r n a t i o n a l community;
-- r e a f f i r m stakes i n Russia's fundamental c h o i c e t o
embrace democracy and f r e e markets and t h e importance o f
Russia s t a y i n g on t h a t p a t h ;
-- s t r e s s t h a t economic s t a b i l i z a t i o n and r e c o v e r y depends
on Russian s o l u t i o n s t o Russian problems; and
-- speak c l e a r l y t o a broad spectrum o f Russian l e a d e r s ,
i n c l u d i n g Chernomyrdin, t h e Duma, and r e g i o n a l l e a d e r s ,
about t h e c h a l l e n g e s Russia faces.
Northern
Ireland
•
G r e a t l y impressed by t h e r e a c t i o n t o your v i s i t t o Omagh.
Think t h a t t r a g e d y makes my v i s i t even more i m p o r t a n t t o
peace i m p l e m e n t a t i o n -- remind people t h a t t h e f i r s t b l o o d
shed s i n c e t h e Good F r i d a y Agreement does n o t a f f e c t our
commitment.
•
My i n s t i n c t was t o go t o Omagh from the b e g i n n i n g ; we
wanted t o g i v e t h e community t h e r e b r e a t h i n g space b e f o r e
t h e y g e t caught up i n p r e p a r a t i o n s . I was s u r p r i s e d a t t h e
warmth o f t h e welcome t h e town has extended t o o u r advance
p e o p l e . There, and a f t e r w a r d s i n Armagh, I i n t e n d t o
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i n g r e d i e n t s f o r making t h e Good F r i d a y Accord work.
P e r v e r s e l y , Omagh and o t h e r bombings i n t h e w o r l d t h i s
month may have made i t e a s i e r f o r Gerry Adams t o begin
moving on weapons. I am ready t o h e l p w i t h t h e s i x step
p l a n . What do you want me t o do, and how do you e n v i s i o n
an a c t u a l a c t o f decommissioning? That seems v e r y hard and
we need t o be c a r e f u l n o t t o lose him i n t h e process.
On o t h e r events on t h e schedule, I am l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o
w o r k i n g t h e Assembly w i t h you a t Stormont; want t o keep t h e
f o r m a l i t i e s t h e r e b r i e f t o spend more time w i t h t h e
parties.
That w i l l g i v e me a b e t t e r sense f o r how t o
d e l i v e r my p o l i c y address a f t e r w a r d s a t W a t e r f r o n t .
A f t e r w a r d s , S p r i n g v a l e stop i s i m p o r t a n t . I t i s symbol o f
American support f o r t h e I F I and e d u c a t i o n and economic
r e g e n e r a t i o n . Our j o i n t presence underscores t h a t
n o r m a l i t y r e i g n s d e s p i t e Omagh, and t h a t we c o n t i n u e t o
share i n t h e r i s k s Adams, and T r i m b l e , a r e t a k i n g .
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Deeply a p p r e c i a t e d your and Cherie's h o s p i t a l i t y l a s t week.
D i d n ' t expect c o u l d t o p t h e 1995 v i s i t , b u t t h i n k i t d i d .
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What i s your thinking on how to f i n i s h the Trimble and Adams
two-step - decommissioning and naming the executive?
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Gerry's coming here next month.
What do you want me to do?
Russia
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Primakov has a huge t a s k -- i n s o l v e n t banks, c o l l a p s e d currency,
s p i r a l i n g i n f l a t i o n -- and no economic experience.
Fear i s t h a t Primakov w i l l t r y t o govern on t h e b a s i s o f
p o l i t i c a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s r a t h e r than s t a k i n g meaningful steps t o
r e s t o r e t h e economy. E a r l y i n d i c a t i o n s on h i s economic team are
not encouraging.
Glad you are h o s t i n g G-7 meeting on Russia and t h a t t h e Russians
w i l l j o i n f o r p a r t o f t h e d i s c u s s i o n . Good o p p o r t u n i t y f o r us
to share w i t h Russians lessons l e a r n e d from f i n a n c i a l c r i s e s i n
other parts of the world.
I p l a n t o c a l l Y e l t s i n now t h a t Primakov i s c o n f i r m e d .
Will
emphasize t h a t now t h a t he has a Prime M i n i s t e r i n p l a c e , he
needs t o make sure someone i n t h e government can preserve h i s
legacy on economic r e f o r m .
Do you t h i n k i t makes sense f o r you t o make a s i m i l a r c a l l t o
Y e l t s i n on b e h a l f o f t h e G-7 b e f o r e t h e Monday meeting?
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(Sweden), P r o d i , Stoyanov ( B u l g a r i a ) are on board, and we are
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As we discussed when we were together, I am q u i t e concerned
about the i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l system. Over l a s t month,
c r i s i s i n confidence has taken on global character a f f e c t i n g
a l l emerging markets. Believe i t i s important t o p u b l i c l y
discuss the nature of the c r i s i s and show we are focused on
addresing i t .
Plan t o make a speech on Monday i n New York.
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I believe i t would be h e l p f u l i f the G-7 finance m i n i s t e r s
and c e n t r a l bank governors made a statement recognizing the
serious s t r a i n s i n the i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l system and
committing t o respond appropriately. Our Treasury has
discussed t h i s idea w i t h your o f f i c i a l s .
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Deeply appreciated your and Cherie's hospitality last Week.
Didn't expect could top the 1995 visit, but think
it/did.
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two-step - decommissioning and naming the executive?
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p o l i t i c a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s r a t h e r than s t a k i n g meaningful steps t o
r e s t o r e t h e economy. Early' i n d i c a t i o n s on h i s economic team are
not encouraging.
Glad you are h o s t i n g G-7 meeting on Russia and t h a t t h e Russians
w i l l j o i n f o r p a r t o f t h e d i s c u s s i o n . Good o p p o r t u n i t y f o r us
to share w i t h Russians lessons l e a r n e d from f i n a n c i a l c r i s e s i n
other p a r t s of the world.
I p l a n t o c a l l . Y e l t s i n a f t e r Primakov i s c o n f i r m e d .
Will
emphasize t h a t now t h a t he has a Prime M i n i s t e r i n p l a c e , he
needs t o make sure someone i n t h e government can p r e s e r v e h i s
legacy on economic r e f o r m .
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Deeply a p p r e c i a t e d your and Cherie's h o s p i t a l i t y l a s t week.
D i d n ' t expect c o u l d t o p t h e 1995 v i s i t , b u t t h i n k i t d i d .
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TELEPHONE CALL WITH
PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR
DATE: September 11, 1998
LOCATION: Oval O f f i c e
TIME: 4:15 - 4:35 p.m. .•
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FROM: SAMUEL BERGER/
I.
PURPOSE
To d i s c u s s f u r t h e r steps i n the N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d peace
process t o f o l l o w up your v i s i t , as w e l l as review
developments i n Russia and note t h a t you w i l l see him i n
New York on September 21.
II.
BACKGROUND
N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d . Your v i s i t l a s t week helped unlock a
growing logjam on.Good F r i d a y Accord i m p l e m e n t a t i o n (Adams
statements on v i o l e n c e and t h i s week's f i r s t - e v e r AdamsT r i m b l e meeting) , but the df.commissioning-Shadow e x e c u t i v e
d e a l i s p r o v i n g e l u s i v e . Tony B l a i r w i l l want t o o u t l i n e
h i s ideas f o r a second round o f steps t h a t c o u l d get Adams
and T r i m b l e over t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e h u r d l e s .
T r i m b l e d e l i v e r e d on h i s premise t o you l a s t week t o meet
w i t h Gerry Adams. He engaged Adams i n d i r e c t d i a l o g u e a t a
m u l t i l a t e r a l event Monday, and then had an one-on-one
y e s t e r d a y . A T i i m b l u p a i d a v,Biee, •thtragh-: Throojj&P
Assembly members q u r t the p ^ t t y , p u t t i n g J T j i i m b T e ' s m a j o r i t y
•at r i s k z / x h e a n t i - a c c o t d \ m i o i n l s X ^ ^ r r 5 u p c a n now t r i g g e r
the s p e c i a l "suf f i c i e n t ^ ^ ^ e n s u s " v o t i n g mechanism.
)le w i l l hav^^t<r^anpeaiNto the p r o - a c c o r d b u t nona l i g n e d Assembly mem^^rs (Womeh<^Coalition and A l l i a n c e )
to^jLsg-rstcr as u n i u n i ^ L ^ fuz L a C l i c d l v u l l u y Iedbuns-r.
\Adams and T r i m b l e agreed t o meet again next week. The next
events are. the September 14-15 meeting o f the new Assembly,
which w i l l be f o l l o w e d by announcement o f a f i n a l round o f
c o n s u l t a t i o n s September 28-29 b e f o r e T r i m b l e moves f o r w a r d
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on naming t h e new E x e c u t i v e . This a l l o w s t h r e e weeks t p '
f i n a l i z e a decommissioning d e a l .
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T r i m b l e c o u l d be t o p p l e d as UUP l e a d e r next month/at t h e
p a r t y c o n v e n t i o n i f he were t o p u t SF i n t o t h e Executive^--- / -W
absent an a c t u a l a c t o f decommissioning.
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decommissioning i n exchange f o r seats on t h e / E x e c u t i v e i s
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more than Adams^can s e l l t o IRA h a r d l i n e r s . - As B e r t i e
Ahern o u t l i n e d , he and B l a i r a r e working t o e x p l o i t t h e
RIRA c e a s e - f i r e and lessened s e c u r i t y t h r e a t t o s e l l t h e
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consequent drawdown i n t h e B r i t i s h s e c u r i t y presence as
" d e m i l i t a r i z a t i o n , " t o secure an IRA u n i l a t e r a l response
( e x p l o s i o n o f Semtex t h a t c o u l d be v e r i f i e d a f t e r w a r d s ) .
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Flanagan announced that he no longer needs B r i t i s h Army
p a t r o l s to protect the poli.ce i n B e l f a s t , which has been
understood as a prelude to UK.-troop withdrawals .^^gg^gj^^&k
La—the- -Bri t i sh-i s—t-hat--t-hey- ,<^uld'-be^Ccu'sed"of
l e g i t i m i z i n g the IRA i f they were to engage i n a fjbrce
drawdqwn e x e r c i s e with t e r r o r i s t s . This^.will remire-'you,
B l a i r jand Ahern' to engag^ i n very ^ u i e t ; and/per sonal /
diplomp.cy to £;et up the /choreography t h a t gives /Trimble'
cover/to let;'Sinn F e i n / i n t o the Exectitive,/ ailcnt^ th4/lRA
to s p i n to Q & i r f o l k /th^ decoinii^Lssioning,^and p r o t e c t s
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a; v i s i t t o t h e / j j n i t e d S t a t e s / i n Qctober,/anq w i l l / \
undbubte^dly ^ e e k an Oval O f f i c e meeting'; t h i f e w p u l d
^p^ropriaJug' i f he i s i n t h e E x e c u t i v ^ a n d engaged i n
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Russia. Primakov's nomination i s l i k e l y t o s a i l t h r o u g h
c o n f i r m a t i o n on F r i d a y . E a r l y i n d i c a t i o n s about t h e makeup
of t h e Cabinet a r e n o t encouraging. Gorbachev-era f i g u r e s
such
Gerashchenko and Maslyukov have t h e i n s i d e t r a c k
f o r t h e C e n t r a l Bank and macroeconomic czar p o s i t i o n s ,
r e s p e c t i v e l y . Gerashchenko i s t h e man who t r i e d t o s o l v e
Russia's problems i n 1992 by p r i n t i n g money t o keep
f a c t o r i e s open, s p a r k i n g 25% monthly i n f l a t i o n .
Maslyukov
/has s i m i l a r views. I f t h e downward s p i r a l c o n t i n u e s , i t
w i l l l i k e l y a c c e l e r a t e . The impacts a r e p r e d i c t a b l e : r u n
away i n f l a t i o n , f u r t h e r e r o s i o n o f t h e c u r r e n c y , food
s h o r t a g e s , t h e i n d u s t r i a l s e c t o r goes i d l e , b l a c k markets,
crime and c o r r u p t i o n become p e r v a s i v e .
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I n your c a l l w i t h B l a i r , you s h o u l d s t r e s s t h e importance
of t h e Monday G-7/G-8 London meeting on Russia and t h e need
t o have a s e r i o u s exchange w i t h t h e Russians on lessons
l e a r n e d from f i n a n c i a l c r i s e s i n o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d .
You might a l s o i n d i c a t e t h a t you w i l l c a l l Y e l t s i n a f t e r
Primakov i s confirmed t o underscore the,-importance o f
naming a s t r o n g leader on economic r e f o r m t o t h e
government. You might suggest t h a t B l a i r make a s i m i l a r
call.
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NY event. NYU School o f Law i s h o s t i n g September 21 an
"opening d i a l o g u e " on democracy i n t h e g l o b a l economy. The
format i s a one-day seminar composed o f t h r e e panels. The
f i r s t two w i l l be made up o f ' l e a d i n g w o r l d f i g u r e s and t h e
NYU community and are on c i v i l s o c i e t y , and t h e new economy
and t h e f u t u r e f o r o p p o r t u n i t y . The F i r s t Lady w i l l
p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e f i r s t panel. You w i l l p a r t i c i p a t e i n
the t h i r d panel on s t r e n g t h e n i n g democracy.
Participation
of l e a d e r s i s e v o l v i n g p o s i t i v e l y .
I naddition to Blair,
Persson (Sweden), Prodi and Stoyanov ( B u l g a r i a ) . NYU i s
seeking c o n f i r m a t i o n from Mandela. C h r e t i e n , Cardoso,
Havel and Kok were i n v i t e d b u t are unable t o a t t e n d .
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K o f i Annan's r e p o r t i s a g r a p h i c account o f M i l o s e v i c ' s
d e f i a n c e o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l community.
B e l i e v e we need t o
m a i n t a i n momentum and b u i l d consensus f o r NATO d e c i s i o n t o
authorize force.
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Holbrooke c o n t i n u e s h i s meetings i n Belgrade and P r i s t i n a
today. F i g h t i n g has been i n a l u l l f o r t h e p a s t few days, b u t
M i l o s e v i c has n o t y e t withdrawn t h e necessary p o l i c e and
m i l i t a r y f o r c e s , nor agreed t o measures t h a t would make t h e
end o f h o s t i l i t i e s v e r i f i a b l e and d u r a b l e .
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Know t h a t you've been t h i n k i n g about ways t o g e t Russia on
board.
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We have a l l g o t t e n a c l e a r s i g n a l from Moscow t h a t t h e y w i l l
not s u p p o r t another UN r e s o l u t i o n . Seems t o me o n l y harm can
come a t t h i s p o i n t i n f o r c i n g Y e l t s i n t o v e t o .
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A l t h o u g h I have doubts about t h e wisdom, we can agree t o
Contact Group meeting p r i o r t o NATO ACTORD b u t o n l y i f key
a l l i e s agree i n advance t h a t NATO w i l l proceed r e g a r d l e s s o f
what Russian p o s i t i o n i s .
•
A l s o , I u n d e r s t a n d t h a t some o f your o f f i c i a l s a r e p r e s s i n g t o
l i n k a d e c i s i o n on a p p r o v i n g a i r s t r i k e s t o NATO's w i l l i n g n e s s
to commit ground f o r c e s t o oversee a c e a s e - f i r e o r p o l i t i c a l
settlement.
•
You s h o u l d know t h a t t h i s i s a v e r y d i f f i c u l t i s s u e f o r us,
p a r t i c u l a r l y w i t h t h e Congress.
I t ' s been an u p h i l l s t r u g g l e
to s u s t a i n s u p p o r t f o r SFOR g i v e n Congress's concerns about
r e a d i n e s s and any s u g g e s t i o n t h a t we a r e a l s o r a i s i n g f o r c e s
f o r Kosovo w i l l make i t v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o ensure domestic
support f o r possible a i r s t r i k e s .
Our o b j e c t i v e now i s t o secure f u l l compliance w i t h UNSCR
1199.
I f t h e r e i s an agreement on a peace s e t t l e m e n t , t h e n we
w i l l need t o c o n s i d e r what k i n d o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l presence i s
needed and what i f any r o l e we w i l l p l a y i n implementing i t .
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K o f i Annan's r e p o r t i s a g r a p h i c account o f M i l o s e v i c ' s ,
d e f i a n c e o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l community. B e l i e v e we n e e d A o
m a i n t a i n momentum and b u i l d consensus f o r NATO d e c i s i o n t o
authorize force.
Holbrooke c o n t i n u e s h i s meetings i n Belgrade and P r i s t i n a
today.
F i g h t i n g has been i n a l u l l f o r t h e pafet few days, b u t
M i l o s e v i c has n o t y e t withdrawn t h e necessary p o l i c e and
m i l i t a r y f o r c e s , n o r agreed t o measures t h / t would make t h e
end o f h o s t i l i t i e s v e r i f i a b l e and durabl<
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p a r t i / c u l a r l y w i t h t h e Congress. I t ' s been an u p h i l l s t r u g g l e
to gcit roady f o r SFOR/ and any s u g g e s t i o n t h a t we a r e a l s o
r a c i n g f o r c e s / f o r K o s t n ^ w i l l make i t v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o
e/sure domesl^lc support f o r ^ p e i s s i b l e a i r s t r i k e s .
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K o f i Annan's r e p o r t i s a g r a p h i c account o f M i l o s e v i c V s
d e f i a n c e o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l community. B e l i e v e we need t o
m a i n t a i n momentum and b u i l d consensus f o r NATO d e c / s i o n t o
authorize force.
Holbrooke c o n t i n u e s h i s meetings i n Belgrade /nd P r i s t i n a
today.
F i g h t i n g has been i n a l u l l f o r t h e / p a s t few days, b u t
M i l o s e v i c has n o t y e t withdrawn t h e necessary p o l i c e and
,
m i l i t a r y forces^
Understand t h a t your r e p r e s e n t a t i v e yh New York i s c o n s i d e r i n g ^ ^
p o s s i b i l i t y o f seeking UN S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l R e s o l u t i o n more
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s p e c i f i c a l l y authorizing force.
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not support such a r e s o l u t i o n / Seems t o me o n l y harm can come
at t h i s p o i n t i n f o r c i n g Y e l t s i n t o v e t o .
Seeking a new r e s o l u t i o n / / o u l d a l s o c o m p l i c a t e our e f f o r t t o
secure NATO consensus 1 4 t e r t h i s week t o a u t h o r i z e a i r
strikes.
I u n d e r s t a n d t h a t /&me o f your o f f i c i a l s are p r e s s i n g t o l i n k
a d e c i s i o n on a i r / s t r i k e s t o t h e g e n e r a t i o n o f ground f o r c e s
to oversee a c e / s e - f i r e o r p o l i t i c a l s e t t l e m e n t .
You s h o u l d ki*ow t h a t t h i s i s a v e r y d i f f i c u l t i s s u e f o r us,
p a r t i c u l a r ! ^ w i t h t h e Congress. I t ' s been an u p h i l l s t r u g g l e
to g e t ready f o r SFOR and any s u g g e s t i o n t h a t we are a l s o
r a i s i n g / o r c e s f o r Kosovo w i l l make i t v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o
ensure d o m e s t i c support f o r p o s s i b l e a i r s t r i k e s .
Our e f o j e c t i v e now i s t o secure f u l l compliance w i t h UNSCR
119B.
I f t h e r e i s an agreement on a peace s e t t l e m e n t , then we
w i / l l need t o c o n s i d e r what k i n d o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l presence i s
ifeeded and what i f any r o l e we w i l l p l a y i n implementing i t .
We want t o keep a l l o p t i o n s open a t t h i s p o i n t , r a t h e r than
b e g i n n i n g t o generate f o r c e s f o r a l a r g e NATO-led
implementation force.
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'long as key a l l i e s agree i n advance that NATO w i l l proceed
regardless of what Russian p o s i t i o n i s .
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K o f i Annan's report i s a graphic account of Milosevic's
defiance of i n t e r n a t i o n a l community. Believe we n^ed t o
maintain momentum and b u i l d consensus f o r NATO decision t o
_ authorize force.
• ' Understand t h a t your representative i n New^York i s considering
p o s s i b i l i t y of seeking UN Security Counc/l Resolution more
s p e c i f i c a l l y a u t h o r i z i n g force.
• We have a l l gotten a clear s i g n a l f/om Moscow t h a t they w i l l
not support such a r e s o l u t i o n . Serfems t o me only harm can come
at t h i s p o i n t i n f o r c i n g Yeltsiry to veto.
•
Seeking a new r e s o l u t i o n viou/a also complicate our e f f o r t t o
secure NATO consensus l a t e ? t h i s week t o authorize a i r
strikes.
•
I f A l l i e s know t h a t Security Council i s considering a
r e s o l u t i o n on use op f o r c e , t h i s w i l l r e i n f o r c e view of some
t h a t a f u r t h e r r e s o l u t i o n may oe necessary. Could also enable
Moscow t o delay NATO a c t i o n by prolonging debate i n New York.
I also understand that some of your o f f i c i a l s are pressing t o
l i n k a decleion on a i r s t r i k e s t o the generation of ground
forces to/oversee a cease-fire or p o l i t i c a l settlement.
You sh*mld know t h a t t h i s i s a very d i f f i c u l t issue f o r us,
p a r t i c u l a r l y w i t h the Congress. I t ' s been an u p h i l l struggle
to / e t ready f o r SFOR and any suggestion t h a t we are also
r a i s i n g forces f o r Kosovo w i l l make i t very d i f f i c u l t t o
isure domestic support f o r possible a i r - s t r i k e s .
Our objective now is to secure full compliance with UNSCR
1199.
I f there i s an agreeraen : on a peace settlement, then we
w i l l need t o consider what ( i f any r o l e we w i l l play i n
implementing i t .
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K o f i Annan's r e p o r t i s a g r a p h i c account o f M i l o s e v i c ' s
d e f i a n c e o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l community. B e l i e v e }/e need t o
m a i n t a i n momentum and b u i l d consensus f o r N^O d e c i s i o n t o
authorize force.
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Holbrc^ke c o n t i n u e s h i s meetings i n Belgfade and P r i s t i n a
today.
F i g h t i n g has been i n a l u l l fefr t h e past few days, but
M i l o s e v i c has n o t y e t withdrawn t h e ecessary p o l i c e and
m i l i t a r y forces.
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•
I a l s o u n d e r s t a n d t h a t some o f /our o f f i c i a l s are p r e s s i n g t o
l i n k a d e c i s i o n on a i r s t r i k e s / t o t h e g e n e r a t i o n o f ground
f o r c e s t o oversee a c e a s e - f i p e o r p o l i t i c a l s e t t l e m e n t .
You s h o u l d kjiow t h a t t h i s / i s a v e r y d i f f i c u l t issue f o r us,
p a r t i c u l a r l y w i t h t h e Congress. I t ' s been an u p h i l l s t r u g g l e
t o g e t ready f o r SFOR and any s u g g e s t i o n t h a t we are a l s o
r a i s i n g f o r c e s f o r Ko/ovo w i l l make i t v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o
ensure domestic support f o r p o s s i b l e a i r s t r i k e s .
Our o b j e c t i v e nov/ i s t o secure f u l l compliance w i t h UNSCR
1199.
I f t h e r e / i s an agreement on a peace s e t t l e m e n t , then we
w i l l need t o c o n s i d e r what k i n d o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l presence i s
needed and wferat i f any r o l e we w i l l p l a y i n implementing i t .
We want t c / keep a l l o p t i o n s open a t t h i s p o i n t , r a t h e r than
b e g i n n i n g t o generate f o r c e s f o r a l a r g e NATO-led
implementation force.
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p o s s i b i l i t y o f seeking UN S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l R e s o l u t i o n more
p e c i f i c a l l y authorizing force.
•/ We have a l l g o t t e n a c l e a r s i g n a l from Moscow t h a t t h e y w i l l
not s u p p o r t such a r e s o l u t i o n . Seems t o me o n l y harm can come
at t h i s p o i n t i n f o r c i n g Y e l t s i n t o v e t o .
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secure NATO consensus l a t e r t h i s week t o a u t h o r i z e a i r
strikes.
•
I f A l l i e s know t h a t Securjy^y---Council i s c o n s i d e r i n g
r e s o l u t i o n on use ojU-^tfrce, t h i s w i l l reinfo^ce-^TTe^ o f some
t h a t a further>-ir£solution may be necg^s^r^TT Could/also enable
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Understand you are met w i t h A r a f a t today. As you know, he's
coming here tomorrow t o begin i n t e n s i v e t a l k s w i t h B i b i on the
i n t e r i m agreement, so I ' d love t o hear your thoughts.
•
Let me t e l l you b a s i c a l l y where we are. Both sides have taken
some important steps - B i b i on the redeployment f r o n t , A r a f a t
on the s e c u r i t y f r o n t . But they s t i l l remain f a r a p a r t .
•
There i s more d i s t r u s t here than I had imagined - every step
the p a r t i e s must take and every comma thev must agree on i s a
Struggle,
•
Outcome o f the Summit i s f a r from a done d e a l . I don't know
where we w i l l end up on Monday. Sharon i s another b i g new
f a c t o r . He won't a c t u a l l y show up a t Wye u n t i l Friday a f t e r
I've l e f t f o r a day.
•
But I'm persuaded we had t o take matters i n t o our hands. The
a l t e r n a t i v e o f l e t t i n g the process founder i s unacceptable e s p e c i a l l y w i t h the May 1999 deadline looming.
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o My Deputy Labor Secretary p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the opening o f the
NI roadshow l a s t week. Have impression t h a t i t i s going w e l l ,
•
Understand de Chastelain's group has the lead on t r y i n g t o
work the decommissioning issue, but t h a t your people t h i n k
a c t u a l l y decommissioning has t o w a i t u n t i l next s p r i n g .
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o Understand you are met w i t h A r a f a t today. As you know, he's
coming here tomorrow t o begin i n t e n s i v e t a l k s w i t h B i b i on the
i n t e r i m agreement, so I ' d love t o hear your thoughts.
•
•
Let me t e l l you b a s i c a l l y where we are. Both sides have taken
some important steps — B i b i on the redeployment f r o n t , A r a f a t
on the s e c u r i t y f r o n t . But they s t i l l remain f a r a p a r t .
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where we w i l l end up on Monday. Sharon i s another b i g new
f a c t o r . He won't a c t u a l l y show up a t Wye u n t i l Friday a f t e r
I've l e f t f o r a day.
o But I'm persuaded we had t o take matters i n t o our hands. The
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Both Adams and Trimble are i n the United States.
• My Deputy Labor Secretary p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the opening o f the
NI roadshow l a s t week. Have impression t h a t i t i s going w e l l .
• Adams i s f r y i n g t p ^ f a i s e money, and keep syp£brters^b€hind the
peace agreement
o Understand de Chastelain's group has the lead on t r y i n g t o
work the decommissioning issue, but t h a t your people t h i n k
a c t u a l l y decommissioning has t o w a i t u n t i l next s p r i n g .
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FROM: SAMUEL BERGER
I.
PURPOSE
To ensure key a l l i e s are ready f o r NATO t o i n i t i a t e a i r
s t r i k e s i f Belgrade continues t o conduct o f f e n s i v e
operations i n Kosovo and t o r e j e c t an i n t e r i m settlement.
II.
BACKGROUND
Several thousand MUP and VJ continue t o conduct operations
i n Kosovo t o secure l i n e s of communication f o r a major
o f f e n s i v e , which could be launched a t short n o t i c e . The
North A t l a n t i c Council i s meeting t o assess the s i t u a t i o n ,
and Secretary General Solana i s c o n s u l t i n g w i t h a l l i e s on
the i n i t i a t i o n o f a i r s t r i k e s . We are pressing f o r Solana
to pass the "key" f o r Phase I a i r s t r i k e s t o SACEUR on
Monday, and f o r the NAC on the same day t o give Solana the
"key" f o r follow-on s t r i k e s so t h a t NATO can respond
q u i c k l y i f Belgrade mounts a major o f f e n s i v e or attacks
NATO forces.
A l l three leaders who you are c a l l i n g seem committed t o
e a r l y NATO a i r s t r i k e s i f there i s no change i n Milosevic's
p o s i t i o n . Over the l a s t several days, senior o f f i c i a l s
from each o f t h e i r governments have issued p u b l i c
statements making clear that the t h r e a t of a i r s t r i k e s i s
r e a l . The three leaders w i l l be aware of Dick Holbrooke's
impending mission t o Belgrade because Madeleine A l b r i g h t
informed t h e i r Foreign M i n i s t e r s yesterday. They may have
questions about U.S. w i l l i n g n e s s t o move t o e a r l y a i r
s t r i k e s i n l i g h t o f the upcoming v i s i t by Primakov.
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The s i t u a t i o n i n Kosovo continues t o d e t e r i o r a t e , w i t h several
thousand army and p o l i c e conducting operations against the
Kosovar Albanians. Forty thousand Serb s e c u r i t y forces are i n
and around Kosovo.
•
While M i l o s e v i c has yet not launched an a l l - o u t o f f e n s i v e , he
continues t o augment h i s forces i n Kosovo and i s poised t o do
so a t short n o t i c e .
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I n the meantime, h i s forces are securing roads, c l e a r i n g
v i l l a g e s i n s t r a t e g i c areas and t e r r o r i z i n g t h e i r Albanian
i n h a b i t a n t s . This i s d i s p l a c i n g thousands of a d d i t i o n a l
Albanians. The town o f Srbica, which had 13,000 i n h a b i t a n t s
when Serb s e c u r i t y forces moved i n yesterday, i s today l a r g e l y
vacant.
•
Through h i s aggression and continued defiance, Milosevic has
c l e a r l y passed the threshold f o r NATO m i l i t a r y a c t i o n . I f he
does not change course i n the next few days, I b e l i e v e NATO
w i l l need t o i n i t i a t e a i r s t r i k e s . And we w i l l need t o
i n i t i a t e these s t r i k e s very q u i c k l y i f he launches a major
offensive.
•
NATO's a i r s t r i k e s w i l l need t o be s u b s t a n t i a l p a r t i c u l a r l y i f
he launches a major o f f e n s i v e , i n order t o achieve t h e i r
o b j e c t i v e o f demonstrating NATO's resolve, d e t e r r i n g f u r t h e r
aggression and damaging Belgrade's a b i l i t y to conduct
repressive operations i n Kosovo.
•
Of course our o b j e c t i v e i s not t o conduct a i r s t r i k e s , but t o
stop the violence and achieve an i n t e r i m settlement. With
t h i s i n mind, we are sending Ambassador Holbrooke tomorrow t o
Belgrade t o give Milosevic one l a s t chance.
•
Dick Holbrooke w i l l emphasize that NATO a i r s t r i k e s are
imminent and that Milosevic faces a stark choice. He can h a l t
aggression against the Kosovar Albanians and accept an i n t e r i m
settlement w i t h a NATO-led implementation force. Or he can
bear f u l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the consequences of NATO m i l i t a r y
action.
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Dick i s now scheduled to see Milosevic tomorrow;
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I n the meantime, we need t o prepare f o r m i l i t a r y a c t i o n .
Tomorrow Javier Solana should pass the "key" t o General Clark,
thus s t a r t i n g the countdown to i n i t i a l s t r i k e s . At the same
time, the NATO Council should give Javier the "key" f o r
follow-on s t r i k e s , so that NATO can respond q u i c k l y i f
Milosevic launches a major offensive or attacks our forces i n
Macedonia or Bosnia.
•
We need t o stay f i r m and u n i t e d . And we a l l need t o work w i t h
President Y e l t s i n and Prime M i n i s t e r Primakov t o minimize the
damage to our r e l a t i o n s w i t h Russia i f Milosevic gives us no
choice but t o proceed w i t h a i r s t r i k e s .
I f asked about Holbrooke's terms of reference:
•
Holbrooke w i l l press Milosevic to p u l l back h i s forces i n
Kosovo and accept the Rambouillet accords, p a r t i c u l a r l y the
establishment of a NATO-led implementation force.
•
He i s not going to re-negotiate the i n t e r i m settlement already
agreed w i t h the-Kosovar Albanians.
•
We w i l l p u l l him out of Belgrade immediately i f Milosevic
launches a major offensive while he i s present.
I f asked about timing and the Primakov v i s i t :
•
We w i l l need to i n i t i a t e a i r s t r i k e s q u i c k l y i f Milosevic
continues h i s aggression and r e j e c t i o n of an i n t e r i m
settlement. The precise timing w i l l depend i n p a r t on the
dynamics i n Kosovo and Belgrade.
•
We have already warned Russia, so t h a t Primakov can draw h i s
own conclusions f o r h i s upcoming t r i p . A l Gore has spoken t o
Primakov personally and Madeline has had numerous phone c a l l s
w i t h Foreign M i n i s t e r Ivanov.
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h Chancellor Schroeder
PARTICIPANTS:
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The President
Chancellor Schroeder
I n t e r p r e t e r : Gisela Marcuse
Notetakers: Jenny McGee, Jim Smith,
Murphy and Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The President:
March 23, 1999, 4:57-5:09 p.m.
The Oval O f f i c e
H e l l o , Gerhard?
Chancellor Schroeder:
Miles
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(U)
Hello, B i l l .
(U)
The President: Thank you f o r t a k i n g my c a l l . M i l o s e v i c gave
Ambassador Holbrooke no i n d i c a t i o n of being w i l l i n g t o n e g o t i a t e
a p e a c e f u l s o l u t i o n and refused even t o agree t o a c e a s e - f i r e
and continued t o r e j e c t any i n t e r n a t i o n a l presence. He was
t h r e a t e n i r i g and b e l l i c o s e , and i t ' s c l e a r he intends to unleash
g r e a t e r v i o l e n c e i n Kosovo.
Chancellor Schroeder: I was a f r a i d of t h a t , and I q u i t e agree
w i t h your a n a l y s i s of the s i t u a t i o n . |
EO 13526 1.4b, EO 13526 l.4d
The President: Well, I'm glad to hear you say t h a t . I agree
w i t h t h a t and am ready t o support NATO f u l l y .
Two t h i n g s :
f i r s t , Prime M i n i s t e r Primakov has postponed h i s t r i p t o
Washington. I t was the best outcome under the circumstances.
We need t o l e t him know we w i l l continue t o work c l o s e l y w i t h
him and make i t c l e a r t h a t , number one, t h a t we share the same
o b j e c t i v e he does f o r a peaceful s o l u t i o n and, number two, we
are committed t o Russia's economic recovery. I t might not be a
bad idea i f you could c a l l him i n the next day or so and say
t h a t t o him.
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Chancellor Schroeder: I w i l l d e f i n i t e l y c a l l him, and I see
t h i n g s the same way you see them. I w i l l make c l e a r t o him
Germany i s committed t o help w i t h Russia's economic development
and p r i v a t e investment, and also we have p o l i t i c a l o p t i o n s t h a t
can be used. I agree t h a t a t t h i s p o i n t i n the game i n
p a r t i c u l a r t h a t we t e l l him these t h i n g s and make sure Russia
does i t s share t o make the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Monetary Fund view the
Russia s i t u a t i o n i n a p o s i t i v e way. But there are t h i n g s we can
do, as w e l l . ffr)
The President: Thank you, but l e t me j u s t mention one o t h e r
t h i n g . I t h i n k t h e r e i s a chance t h a t M i l o s e v i c w i l l a t t a c k the
NATO f o r c e s i n Bosnia w i t h m i s s i l e s .
Chancellor Schroeder: Does he have what it takes to attack NATO
forces in Bosnia? IrSj
The President:
Yes, the FROG m i s s i l e s can do t h a t . ( S
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Chancellor Schroeder:
FROGs? fS*
Yes, you're t a l k i n g about the Russian
The President: I b e l i e v e , obviously, we should discourage him
and we should t r y t o get Primakov t o discourage him from doing
t h a t . I t ' s not inconceivable t h a t he w i l l t r y t o use t h i s t o
wreck our success i n Bosnia. We have t o be very, very f i r m on
t h i s , and i f he does i t , we w i l l have t o be prepared t o s t r o n g l y
r e t a l i a t e . fS4
Chancellor Schroeder:
EO 13526 1.4b, EO 13526 1.4d
The P r e s i d e n t : He i s a f r a i d , o f course, because he t h i n k s t h a t
his h o l d on Montenegro may be broken by t h i s , j u s t by the
n a t u r a l course of- t h i n g s . So we have t o be prepared f o r a l l
these t h i n g s . fS-)
Chancellor Schroeder:
The President: Yes, t h a t ' s r i g h t . What he may t r y t o do i s
move a g a i n s t Montenegro, although I t h i n k t h a t w i l l b a c k f i r e
against him. ( S
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The President: Well, you know, t h i s whole t h i n g has a c e r t a i n
element o f u n p r e d i c t a b i l i t y . We don't know how i t w i l l p l a y out
i n Montenegro, o r how i t w i l l p l a y out i n Serbia i t s e l f . We
also have t o prepare f o r him t o t r y t o s t r i k e the NATO forces i n
Macedonia. <S)
-Chancellor
Schroeder:
The President: That i s good news, and we're a l l doing our best
to p r o t e c t the f o r c e s . But we have t o be prepared t h a t he might
be able t o h i t them, and i t has t o s t i f f e n our resolve and not
f o r c e us t o withdraw. (S
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Chancellor Schroeder: I see t h i n g s e x a c t l y the way you do, and
i t ' s a l l the more important f o r t h a t reason we stay i n touch and
coordinate what should be done and needs t o be done. You're
aware, o f course, the 15 European heads o f s t a t e and o f
government are i n B e r l i n , and we should, t o the e x t e n t p o s s i b l e ,
coordinate t h i n g s w i t h regard t o tomorrow, f o r instance. fS-)
The President: Thanks. We'll stay "close by and c o o r d i n a t e . I
know t h a t Solana i s also s t a y i n g i n touch w i t h you.
I f e e l much
b e t t e r a f t e r t h i s conversation, and I can't thank you enough.
Thank you, Gerhard. fS-}
Chancellor Schroeder:
The President:
I f e e l the same way.
Thank you.
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h French President Chirac
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
President Chirac
I n t e r p r e t e r : Marcel Bouquet
Notetakers: Jenny McGee, Jim Smith,
Murphy and Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
Miles
March 23, 1999, 5:24-5:37 p.m. EST
Oval O f f i c e
President Chirac:
The President:
(U)
Bill.
(U)
How are you?
Thank you f o r t a k i n g my c a l l .
(U)
President Chirac: I'm i n B e r l i n f o r the meeting tomorrow
morning about t h e agenda, b u t we were w i t h Gerhard Schroeder f o r
d i n n e r . And we agree completely w i t h the d e c i s i o n taken by
NATO. f^)
The President: Well, thank you. I agree, too; we don't have
any choice. f^)
President Chirac:
get any progress?
The President:
No, I understand we don't.
fG-)
Nothing.
President Chirac:
Holbrooke d i d n ' t
(U)
Nothing a t a l l ?
fG-)
The President: I wanted t o speak t o you about two issues. The
f i r s t i s Primakov. We t a l k e d about t h i s b e f o r e . He has
postponed h i s t r i p t o Washington, which i s probably best under
the circumstances.
But I t h i n k i t ' s important we a l l
communicate t o him two t h i n g s . We a l l need h i s help on Kosovo
and we want t o work w i t h him t o get a peaceful r e s o l u t i o n t o a l l
t h i s , so t h a t whatever he says about us i n p u b l i c , he should be
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working w i t h us i n p r i v a t e t o get M i l o s e v i c t o moderate h i s
r e a c t i o n t o the a i r s t r i k e s . fS-j
The second t h i n g i s , I t h i n k there i s a chance t h a t M i l o s e v i c
w i l l t r y t o a t t a c k w i t h m i s s i l e s the NATO forces i n Bosnia,
which means the French and the Americans are the most exposed.
He may also t r y t o take some a c t i o n against the NATO forces i n
Macedonia. The o n l y t h i n g s I wanted t o say i s t h a t i f he i s
able t o cause some c a s u a l t i e s t o us where we are already working
to keep the peace, I t h i n k we have t o be very f i r m t o not a l l o w
our Bosnia mission t o c o l l a p s e , and not running away from t h e
mission as d e f i n e d i n Kosovo. fS-)
And, Jacques, t h e r e i s only one more p o i n t I wanted t o make.
When we t a l k e d before, we discussed the p o s s i b i l i t y o f having
the f i r s t phase o f t a k i n g out the a i r defense system and having
a pause t o get M i l o s e v i c back t o the peace t a l k s and agreement.
The o n l y p o i n t I wanted t o make about t h i s i s we have t o be very
c a r e f u l n o t t o have a pause so long t h a t i t defeats our purpose.
Because he has 40,000 forces i n o r on the border o f Kosovo and
almost 300 tanks, i f we waited too long, we could lose t h e
o b j e c t i v e f o r which we s t r u c k . So we have t o be very c a r e f u l
about t h a t . We'll o b v i o u s l y be i n d a i l y c o n t a c t , b u t I wanted
to mention t h a t . f&j
President Chirac: B i l l , concerning these three p o i n t s , t h e
f i r s t , Primakov. I had intended t o c a l l him tomorrow and speak
to him e x a c t l y about what you have spoken o f . I say tomorrow,
because i t i s now 12 o'clock a t n i g h t here. fS4
The P r e s i d e n t :
Tomorrow i s p e r f e c t . { &
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President Chirac:
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The President: The only problem I'm w o r r i e d about i s what i f he
j u s t charges ahead. He can d i s p l a c e thousands o f people i n two
days.
President Chirac:
The President:
Good, t h a t ' s p e r f e c t .
President Chirac:
Egypt?
(U)
The President:
tonight.
(U)
Do you have any good news from the l a d i e s i n
Oh, yes, they are l o v i n g i t . I ' l l get a r e p o r t
President Chirac:
lucky.
(U)
The President:
Jacques.
(U)
f^)
Give them my best regards.
Yes, they're lucky.
President Chirac:
A l l right. B i l l .
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I ' l l t e l l them.
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema
(U)
I n t e r p r e t e r : Simm Smiley
Notetakers:
Jenny McGee, Miles Murphy,
Ralph S i g l e r and Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The President:
March 23, 1999, 5:44-5:49 p.m.
The Oval O f f i c e
H e l l o , Massimo.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
Hello.
EST
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The President: Before I get t o more serious matters I wanted to
c o n g r a t u l a t e you on the success of Roberto Benigni a t the
Oscars. I t was great.
(U)
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: Thank you, thank you. That was
important moment f o r our f i l m i n d u s t r y and our country.
a very
(U)
The President: The movie was a great g i f t .
I wanted t o c a l l t o
check i n w i t h you about Kosovo. I'm sure you know M i l o s e v i c
gave Ambassador Holbrooke no room t o b e l i e v e t h a t he would agree
to a c e a s e - f i r e or any terms of the peace agreement and made i t
c l e a r t h a t he intends t o unleash g r e a t e r v i o l e n c e i n Kosovo. I
f e e l we have no choice but t o go forward w i t h NATO a c t i o n . I
i n t e n d t o support i t and I hope we can a l l do i t t o g e t h e r . fS^
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
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The President: Well, I agree w i t h t h a t . I've been t r y i n g t o
t h i n k o f a l l the permutations.
I'd l i k e t o s t a r t w i t h my f i r s t
p o i n t . Russian Prime M i n i s t e r Primakov has c a n c e l l e d h i s t r i p
to Washington which I b e l i e v e i s best under the circumstances.
The t h i n g I t h i n k , important f o r us t o do now i s t o f i r s t o f a l l
t e l l Primakov we s t i l l want t o work w i t h him on a p e a c f u l
s o l u t i o n t o t h i s c r i s i s and urge him t o t a l k t o M i l o s e v i c , and
secondly, t h a t Europe and the U.S. very much want Russia t o
recover economically.
That w i l l be my message and I hope i t
w i l l be yours as w e l l .
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: There's a p o i n t t h a t I would l i k e t o
r a i s e w i t h you t h a t i s important.
The President: Yes, I agree w i t h t h a t but i t depends on what
M i l o s e v i c does. He could immediately r e t a l i a t e against NATO
forces i n Bosnia or Macedonia. He might also redouble h i s
e f f o r t s t o s l a u g h t e r the Kosovars. He has moved 40,000 troops
and 300 tanks on the border o r i n s i d e Kosovo. I t h i n k i t i s
very important t o make i t as b r i e f as p o s s i b l e but i t a l l
depends on what M i l o s e v i c does. (S)
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The President: Yes, I t h i n k we can stop unless M i l o s e v i c i s
h u r t l i n g the t r o o p s , v i l l a g e a f t e r v i l l a g e a f t e r v i l l a g e . fSi
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
However, a t t h e
moment, a l l o f us have given the green l i g h t t o NATO and Solar
to a c t .
The President: Yes, o f course, we w i l l a l l have t o be i n close
c o n s u l t a t i o n and I thank you f o r t a k i n g my c a l l and also hope
t h a t you w i l l be i n touch w i t h Primakov and keep working w i t h
him. Thank you f o r t a k i n g my c a l l . fS-)
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: I s h a l l c a l l Mr. Primakov undoubtedly.
Tomorrow, we have a meeting o f the European Council i n B e r l i n so
we w i l l have c o n s u l t a t i o n s among the EU leaders as w e l l . And
p o s s i b l y we could c a l l Primakov together w i t h the other leaders
of t h e Union, w i t h Mr. Schroeder, Mr.Chirac . fS4
The President: That's a p o s s i b i l i t y ,
w i t h them.
fS4
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
work. (U)
The President:
You should discuss i t
Fine, goodbye and best wishes w i t h your
Bye, t o you t o o . (U)
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PARTICIPANTS:
Telcon w i t h Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams (U)
The P r e s i d e n t
Gerry Adams
Notetakers:
J o e l Schrader, Jenny McGee,
M i l e s Murphy, Matt S i b l e y , Robert Ford and
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DATE, TIME
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The Residence
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
H e l l o , Gerry.
(U)
You're up v e r y e a r l y .
(U)
The P r e s i d e n t :
I've been b r i e f e d on where you guys a r e now. I
t h i n k t h e Prime M i n i s t e r s a r e v e r y w o r r i e d about a two-week
d e l a y and I j u s t c a l l e d t o ask i f t h e r e ' s a n y t h i n g t h a t can be
done t o do i t q u i c k e r . (^)
Mr. Adams: I understand you have been t r y i n g t o g e t i n c o n t a c t .
I was i n w i t h Tony and B e r t i e .
I don't know b u t I t h i n k we may
have an agreement t h a t , even though t h e r e would be a two-week
timeframe, I would p r o b a b l y g e t back an i n d i c a t i o n q u i c k e r than
t h a t ; can't say. (j?*)
I stepped o u t from t h e t a l k s t o make t h i s c a l l .
We a r e a c t u a l l y
a g a i n s t an adjournment. What we have done i s t o l d t h e
government t h a t t h i s i s n o t working t h e way t h a t t h e y wanted.
Nonetheless, we went back i n and gave t h e government o u r b e s t
assessment, and now t h a t t h e y ' r e u n d e r t a k i n g t o t r y i t a g a i n .
We would have p r e f e r r e d more t i m e , b u t t h e y went a g a i n s t our own
a d v i c e . So we have jumped b e f o r e we were shoved. (j?)
We a r e a g a i n s t an adjournment. We need cover.
The t h i n g t h a t
w i l l guarantee t h i s i s t h a t we're n o t ganging up w i t h everyone
e l s e a g a i n s t t h e IRA. We j u s t have t o b e l i e v e t h a t i t ' s g o i n g
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to be managed. We moved from that position to doing what they
wanted us to do. [&)
The P r e s i d e n t :
I n o t h e r words you t h i n k t h e r e ' s some way you
can g i v e him some s o r t o f assurance -- (£7
Mr. Adams: Very d e f i n i t e l y assured.
We have t o s o r t t h i s o u t .
We have s u f f e r e d our f i r s t d e f e a t i n terms o f t h e i n t e r n a l
management. Secondly, we cannot guarantee a n y t h i n g e l s e o t h e r
than our v e r y , v e r y b e s t t o g e t back t o them as q u i c k l y as
p o s s i b l e t o l e t them know how we're g e t t i n g i t on and what has
happened. (J?)
The P r e s i d e n t : Yes. L e t me ask you t h i s , how w i l l i t work i f
p r i v a t e l y you can t e l l them... why do you want t o w a i t two weeks
b e f o r e you go p u b l i c ? (jzf
Mr. Adams: We have a c t u a l l y suggested t h a t t h e y c a l l b i l a t e r a l s
on Tuesday a week from now. We need more t i m e , t h e n , t o g e t
away from any p r e s c r i b e d timeframe which engages people.
O b v i o u s l y , i f we can g e t back t o them w i t h some i n d i c a t i o n i n
f o u r days, t h r e e days, two days. We'll do a l l o f t h a t .
We
don't want t o go t o t h e f a r extreme o f any t i m e t a b l e .
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The P r e s i d e n t :
Okay, I g o t i t .
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Mr. Adams: I s t h a t f a i r enough? We need space and cover t o
make t h i s work, and t h e l a s t t h i n g we want i s p u b l i c
s p e c u l a t i o n . The l a s t t h i n g we want i s t o have Sinn Fein seen
as ganging up on t h e IRA because t h a t w i l l g e t people's backs up
and make o u r j o b s h a r d e r . We w i l l get back w i t h them w i t h
honest soundings and t h a t c l e a r l y w i l l h e l p them w e l l w i t h i n t h e
two weeks. ( p i
The P r e s i d e n t :
Okay. I understand.
(pi
Mr. Adams: I'm going back i n t o see Tony and B e r t i e
minutes here.
Do you want me t o c a l l you back?
The P r e s i d e n t :
a g a i n . (pf
Mr. Adams:
I w i l l j u s t c a l l you back i f we need t o t a l k
Good l u c k .
The P r e s i d e n t :
within
Thanks.
Goodbye.
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MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams
(U)
PARTICIPANTS:
The P r e s i d e n t
Gerry Adams
Notetakers:
J o e l Schrader, Jenny McGee,
M i l e s Murphy, Matt S i b l e y , Robert Ford and
Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
A p r i l 1, 1999, 6:45 - 6:49 a.m. EST
The Residence
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
H e l l o Gerry.
Good morning.
(U)
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The President: Look, I talked to Tony and Bertie, and they
understand where you are and why, and what they say must be
right. I'm sure there's no way this document is not going to
leak. ijZ)
Mr. Adams:
I told them that when they give it out.
(Stf
The P r e s i d e n t :
What t h e y ' r e s a y i n g i s they t h i n k t h i s document
can be t h e b a s i s f o r agreement b u t they know t h e p a r t i e s need
t i m e t o r e f l e c t on i t and suggest reconvening a week from
Tuesday. Otherwise i t ' l l l o o k k i n d o f c r a z y i f i t j u s t leaks
out t h e r e . (00
Mr. Adams: I t h i n k a l l o f t h a t ' s dead on. What we can't have
them say i s t h e y t h i n k we're going t o agree t o i t . ( "
£)
The P r e s i d e n t :
No, no, I t h i n k they can say t h e y don't know
what y o u ' l l say. 027
Mr. Adams:
Mr. P r e s i d e n t , we t o l d them when they gave o u t t h e
document i t ' l l end up i n t h e p u b l i c arena. There i s no bad
f e e l i n g s — t h e y ' r e d o i n g t h e i r j o b and we understand.
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a c t u a l l y said we couldn't d e l i v e r but then they gave us a l l
sorts of t r o u b l e . I am t r y i n g to manage t h a t and I t h i n k i t ' s
going t o be a p u b l i c issue. At t h i s point I don't t h i n k the
government can do anything except put i t out there as the basis
for agreement. A l l of that's okay?
The President: Yes.
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Mr. Adams:
And they are t a l k i n g about reconvening
i n a week from Tuesday. C ?
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bilaterals
The President: Okay. Yeah, I got it. Well, all right, I think
if they can publish and say it could be the basis for an
agreement and give all the parties time to reflect. [tf
Mr. Adams: We were against adjournment and we t o l d the
Government. We t o l d them that we would have t o r e f l e c t our
disappointment.
I t i s more acceptable t o them, but they should
be saying t h e y ' l l adjourn f o r a period of r e f l e c t i o n and then
w e ' l l resume intense discussion on such-and-such a date. (£
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The President:
Mr. Adams:
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You happy enough?
The President:
Mr. Adams:
I got i t .
Yes, I t h i n k t h i s w i l l work.
Okay, goodbye.
The President:
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Thank you.
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SUBJECT:
PARTICIPANTS:
Telcon w i t h German Chancellor Schroeder
The President
Chancellor Schroeder
I n t e r p r e t e r : B r i g i t t a Richman
Notetakers: Matt S i b l e y , James Smith, Bob
Ford, Sean Tarver and Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
A p r i l 1, 1999, 4:06 - 4:43 p.m. EST
Oval O f f i c e
The P r e s i d e n t :
Gerhard, how are you?
Chancellor Schroeder:
(U)
I'm f i n e , thank you. (U)
The President: I wanted t o t a l k t o you about where we are on
Kosovo. I t h i n k i n the l a s t couple o f n i g h t s , even though the
weather has been bad, we have s t a r t e d t o h i t some t a r g e t s t h a t
w i l l make some d i f f e r e n c e . I am encouraged t h e A l l i e s have
approved what I consider t o be an a p p r o p r i a t e range o f t a r g e t s
f o r t o n i g h t and maybe the next couple of days because o f the
weather. fS-)
But I t h i n k we have t o f i n d some way o f more e f f i c i e n t l y p i c k i n g
these t a r g e t s and going forward. I t ' s t a k i n g an enormous amount
of time from Solana and Clark, who spends as much time on
p o l i t i c a l r e l a t i o n s w i t h the A l l i e s as he does conducting the
campaign. I t h i n k i f we have any chance o f a d i p l o m a t i c
i n i t i a t i v e working t h a t won't be a defeat f o r Europe and the
United States, we have got t o keep h i t t i n g hard and give the
impression we are w i l l i n g t o do i t f o r some time. fS4
That means t o me some way of having the leaders o f NATO n a t i o n s
approve c a t e g o r i e s o f t a r g e t s and then have Clark p i c k t h e
m i l i t a r y t a r g e t s and then have Solana have our leave t o take
some o f f i f he b e l i e v e s the c o l l a t e r a l damage would be too
g r e a t . Because we're already being questioned here about why we
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are so slow to ramp up the campaign if he is doing these
terrible things. Part of it is the weather, of course, but part
of it is this process of picking targets, which I think has
become cumbersome. t&j
Chancellor Schroeder:
The President:
Can I make a few comments? fSI
Of course.
(S)
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Chancellor Schroeder:
The President:. F i r s t o f a l l , i n general I agree w i t h your
a n a l y s i s and o b v i o u s l y I agree w i t h your p o i n t s . He has t o
withdraw h i s troops and stop h i s m i l i t a r y a c t i v i t y ; the Kosovars
have t o be able t o r e t u r n i n s e c u r i t y ; and then I t h i n k f o r a
long-term s e t t l e m e n t they have t o have some degree o f the
autonomy t h a t they enjoyed before he took i t away from them. So
i n general, I agree w i t h t h a t . My o n l y concern i s t h a t i f we
were t o o f f e r such a t h i n g tomorrow — I can o n l y say how i t
w i l l be perceived i n t h i s country because o f the press coverage
— i t would look l i k e an o f f e r from the p o s i t i o n o f weakness.
L i k e we d i d n ' t want t o go ahead w i t h the bombing campaign,
t h a t ' s been c a l l e d h a l f - h e a r t e d t o date, and t h a t i n e f f e c t we
were suing f o r peace. That would make i t impossible f o r him t o
accept. I n a way, we would both decrease t h e chance t h a t he
w i l l take a reasonable o f f e r and our being perceived as having
defended the people o f Kosovo. I f we r e a l l y can r a t c h e t t h i s up
and h i t him hard f o r a few days and then discuss the parameters
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of a s o l u t i o n , I'm a f r a i d i t w i l l be perceived i n the United
States t h a t we are weak and i n d e c i s i v e and haven't h i t him hard.
I'm a f r a i d i f t h a t i s the way he perceived i t , i t would be
impossible f o r him t o accept those terms. He would countero f f e r w i t h something we cannot accept, because he would t h i n k we
are about t o q u i t on him. {S)
-Chancellor Schroeder:
The President: F i r s t o f a l l , I don't disagree w i t h a n y t h i n g you
s a i d . Let me put i t another way. Whenever we decide t o go
p u b l i c w i t h an o f f e r o f n e g o t i a t i o n , e i t h e r from one leader l i k e
you o r NATO as a whole, i f we have not impressed upon the p u b l i c
i n Europe and the U n i t e d States, as w e l l as i n Serbia, t h a t we
have done a l o t o f damage and could do a l o t more -- t h a t i s , i f
not a l o t o f damage has already been done and i f we do i t before
t h a t happens, i t i s imperative we have the agreement o f a l l NATO
members t o say he needs t o understand we are prepared t o
continue and escalate t h i s a i r e f f o r t f o r several weeks more, i f
t h a t i s what i t takes. And t h a t we have no s h o r t - t e r m deadline
on t h i s .
And i f we say i t , we have t o be prepared t o do i t .
I f we have a
peace o f f e r on the t a b l e , even i f i t ' s one he can't accept,
before there's been a p e r c e p t i b l e negative impact on h i s
s i t u a t i o n on the ground, then we have t o be even more e x p l i c i t
t h a t we are prepared t o do t h i s f o r weeks and weeks and we have
no s e t t i m e l i n e o r deadline. We have an o b j e c t i v e and we are
going t o achieve i t . (S)
-Chancellor Schroeder:
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The President: Let me suggest, I t h i n k we need t o c o o r d i n a t e
through our s t a f f people how t o handle t h i s as we go forward on
this.
I know Madeleine i s t a l k i n g t o Fischer. I mentioned t h i s
to Tony B l a i r today, because I thought you had probably
discussed i t w i t h him. I f we three could work i t out, how do
you t h i n k we can do t h i s ? We c e r t a i n l y have t o make i t c l e a r
there are c o n d i t i o n s under which we would be w i l l i n g t o stop the
hostilities.
We're i n there t o stop the h o s t i l i t i e s , so I agree
w i t h t h a t . I want t o ask whether you agree we should e s t a b l i s h
some smoother procedures on the t a r g e t s issue, because I t h i n k
we w i l l be moving p r e t t y q u i c k l y once the weather c l e a r s up.
[The l i n e t o the Chancellor dropped and was r e e s t a b l i s h e d . ]
The President: Gerhard, we got c u t o f f . Maybe ( t h e
i n t e r p r e t e r ) can do the t r a n s l a t i o n again. (U)
Chancellor Schroeder:
The President: Yes. I have no problem w i t h t h a t . A l l I am
t r y i n g t o do i s f i n d a system t h a t works more r a p i d l y . Maybe we
can have J a v i e r — he's got sense enough t o know what t a r g e t s
are s e n s i t i v e because o f high c o l l a t e r a l damage o r the l o c a t i o n
— maybe we j u s t need t o t e l l him he needs the a b i l i t y t o check
i n on a d a i l y basis a t a c e r t a i n time, and i f they don't present
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c o l l a t e r a l damage problems or break huge new ground, he ought t o
l e t them go. A u t h o r i z i n g him t o do i t might be an e f f i c i e n t
way. f S )
-Chancellor Schroeder:
The President: Let me say t h a t i f we do i t t h a t way, we may
a c t u a l l y lengthen the process. As i t i s now, they b r i n g us
proposed m i l i t a r y t a r g e t s and i f one has considerable c o l l a t e r a l
damage o r represent h i s t o r i c a l or s i g n i f i c a n t c u l t u r a l
s i g n i f i c a n c e t o Serbs, they b r i n g i t t o me and say, "maybe we
shouldn't h i t t h i s , " and I say, "okay, maybe we s h o u l d n ' t . "
What I t h i n k i s , i n s t e a d o f announcing t h a t new phases have j u s t
been a u t h o r i z e d , we could a u t h o r i z e m i l i t a r y t a r g e t s , but they
could come back t o us w i t h ones t h a t have c o l l a t e r a l damage or
c u l t u r a l s i g n i f i c a n c e , then we could say yes o r no. I f we t h i n k
we are a l l i n c l i n e d t o say yes, but a l l our A l l i e s a r e n ' t , then
we could go t o them. I t h i n k t h a t maybe t h e most e f f i c i e n t way
of doing t h i s . fS-)
Chancellor Schroeder:
I have no problem w i t h t h a t . ( S
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The President: Good. A l r i g h t . We w i l l be i n touch. I t h i n k
your t h i n k i n g on the o u t l i n e o f what we should say i s q u i t e
r i g h t , and w e ' l l work on i t .
We may have t o t a l k again i n a day
or so, but thank you very much. fSi
Chancellor Schroeder: Yes, but I t h i n k we have t o s t a r t —
going t o be here t h i s week, I'm not going t o take an Easter
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The President:
I agree.
tS-)
Chancellor Schroeder: And about the guestion of when we become
a c t i v e , we can discuss t h i s f u r t h e r .
The President: I t h i n k we are on the same page and we j u s t need
to work out the d e t a i l s .
I am sure Madeleine and Fischer can
work out the d e t a i l s . fS-)
Chancellor Schroeder:
together here. fS-)
The P r e s i d e n t :
Easter. (U)
Yes.
Absolutely.
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Okay, thank you.
Thank you. Goodbye.
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SUBJECT:
Telephone Conversation
w i t h United Nations
Secretary General K o f i Annan (U)
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Secretary General Annan
Notetaker: Bonnie C l i c k , Matthew S i b l e y ,
Robin Rickard and Robert Ford
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The President:
A p r i l 10, 1999,
Oval O f f i c e
1:01 - 1:08
H e l l o K o f i , how are you?
p.m.
(U)
Secretary General Annan: How are you B i l l ?
these are d i f f i c u l t times f o r us.
(U)
I am f i n e , but
The President: Yes, I thought your statement was very good.
N o t w i t h s t a n d i n g the b i g headline from Russia, I t h i n k we have a
r e a l chance over next week. I t h i n k i t was g r e a t . Even though
the headlines i n the New York Times t h i s morning are d i s t u r b i n g ,
I t h i n k we. have a chance f o r a d i p l o m a t i c u n i t e d f r o n t . What
the Russians need i s t o get back i n t o the ballgame. I f they are
p a r t of an i n t e r n a t i o n a l f o r c e , which I always thought they had
to do, l i k e i n Bosnia. I f the Russians are happy, then the
Chinese w i l l stop what they are saying, and then we can get the
whole t h i n g sanctioned by the UN.
Madeleine i s seeing Ivanov
next week and we are working through the Europeans and I know
you are. I f we could get them to take a common d i p l o m a t i c
p o s i t i o n , where i t i s obvious they would be p a r t o f any
i n t e r n a t i o n a l f o r c e , there may be a way t o work through t h i s .
I t ' s important t o get a n e g o t i a t e d s e t t l e m e n t . I f we keep t h i s
up f o r another month or two, w e ' l l be able to move i n t h e r e
uncontested.
Then the t h i n g t h a t concerns me i s having Europe
w i t h us and being there f o r e v e r and a day.
Look how long we had
to stay i n Bosnia, w i t h the Russians. I t i s almost a l i c e n s e
f o r Kosovar m i l i t a r y elements to r e c o n s t i t u t e themselves and
s t a r t going the other way.
I t h i n k we have a chance i n the next
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couple o f weeks to break the iceberg and get the Russians back
i n the hunt. They're not j u s t coming to Europe and the United
States now, but they're working through a whole range o f t h i n g s .
I f we can get them there sometime over the next couple o f weeks,
then I t h i n k we have a chance to put t h i s together. ( S
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Secretary General Annan:
The President: I t h i n k as a p r a c t i c a l matter, what would matter
there i s the l e v e l o f assurance and d e t a i l we have about
acceptance, and a t i m e t a b l e f o r withdrawal and when the
i n t e r n a t i o n a l force w i l l get i n . What B l a i r , Schroeder, and I
are w o r r i e d about i s having him accept i t , having a c e s s a t i o n o f
bombing, and then a reason why he can't get i t across, and the
t r o u b l e then i s having the a l l i e s resume bombing. The problem
w i l l be i n the d e t a i l s . fS-)
Secretary General Annan:
The President:
Yep. I agree w i t h t h a t .
(U)
Secretary General Annan: I w i l l work w i t h you and a l l the
governments concerned t o f i n d a way out o f t h i s and I t h i n k we
may get t o a p o i n t where he w i l l crack, but M i l o s e v i c i s such an
i n c r e d i b l y u n p r e d i c t a b l e character.
The President: Even though there i s a most f r i g h t e n i n g headline
about Y e l t s i n ' s bombast, as near as we can t e l l , t h i s i s an
e f f o r t by Russia to get back i n t o the d i p l o m a t i c hunt. £S4
Secretary General Annan: I t had q u i t e an impact here i n Europe,
but some o f the c l a r i f i c a t i o n s from Moscow seem to have
c l a r i f i e d t h i n g s a b i t . (S)
-The President: Let's stay i n close touch next week t o see what
we can do to put t h i s t h i n g together. I t h i n k you have r e a l l y
done a good t h i n g here. We have got a chance t o get t h i s done.
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i n i t i a t i v e , then? t€}
Would you say something about my
The President: A b s o l u t e l y .
yesterday. fe)
Secretary General Annan:
I thought I p u t something out
I am i n Europe. (U)
The President: I was t h r i l l e d by what you s a i d .
check. I f we haven't put out a statement, I w i l l .
I will
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Secretary General Annan: Thank you very much. I n f a c t , one o f
the European leaders s a i d t o me t h a t France, Germany, e t c . have
s a i d something, but the U n i t e d States and UK have n o t . t&j
The President: Tony B l a i r i s supposed t o c a l l i n the next hour.
When he c a l l s , I w i l l ask him t o say something a l s o . (€-)
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Secretary General Annan:
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f i n d i n these s i t u a t i o n s t h a t when the whole w o r l d comes
t o g e t h e r , we always make progress.
The President:
Okay, I got i t . (U)
Secretary General Annan:
f a m i l y . (U)
The P r e s i d e n t :
I will,
Thank you B i l l and give my best t o the
thank you so much. (U)
Secretary General Annan:
Goodbye.
(U)
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SUBJECT:
Telephone Conversation w i t h French President
Chirac
(U)
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
President Chirac
I n t e r p r e t e r : Alec Toumayan
Notetakers: Bonnie C l i c k , M i l e s Murphy,
Doug Bayley
A p r i l 11, 1999, 1:00 - 1:13
Camp David, Maryland
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The President:
H e l l o , Jacques?
President Chirac:
The President:
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B i l l , how are you?
Fine, how are you?
President Chirac:
p.m.
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I t i s very good t o hear from you.
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The President: Thank you. I j u s t wanted t o check i n w i t h you
to see where we are on Kosovo. I t h i n k K o f i Annan made a very
good statement on Friday, the way he s t a t e d our c o n d i t i o n s . The
o n l y d i f f e r e n c e , of course, i s t h a t he asked NATO t o suspend
a i r s t r i k e s once M i l o s e v i c commits t o the c o n d i t i o n s . But I
t h i n k we need some s i g n of implementation f i r s t .
I am very
encouraged t h a t the G-8 p o l i t i c a l d i r e c t o r s ' statement has
Russia i n v o l v e d . I f we can lock t h a t i n a t the h i g h e s t l e v e l s ,
I t h i n k we can get back on the d i p l o m a t i c t r a c k .
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President Chirac: I a b s o l u t e l y share these f e e l i n g s .
t h i n k t h a t K o f i Annan's statement i s p e r f e c t .
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The President: Well, I t h i n k we are agreed on t h a t .
I just
wanted t o mention one or two other t h i n g s . F i r s t , Hubert, Robin
Cook and Madeleine w i l l meet w i t h t h e i r NATO c o u n t e r p a r t s i n
Brussels on Monday. This i s an important s i g n a l o f our
d e t e r m i n a t i o n , and makes sure the smaller A l l i e s not i n the
Contact Group don't f e e l l e f t out. I am going t o c a l l some o f
them, e s p e c i a l l y those c o n t r i b u t i n g f o r c e s . Any t h a t you f e e l
p a r t i c u l a r l y close t o , i f you have the occasion, you could say
something u s e f u l t o them. I t would be h e l p f u l t o spend a l i t t l e
time s h o r i n g them up. f&)
President Chirac: I am i n absolute agreement, and I s h a l l make
my c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h i s e f f o r t . I also i n t e n d t o ask
Schroeder, as President o f the European Union, t o do so. I
would a l s o l i k e t o add t h a t we have a European Union Council on
Wednesday. There w i l l be 15 heads o f European s t a t e s and
governments present. A t t h i s time we s h a l l consider Kosovo i n
the s p i r i t j u s t i n d i c a t e d , which w i l l a l l o w heads o f smaller
governments t o express t h e i r p o i n t s o f view.
I t i s even
p o s s i b l e K o f i Annan might come, and t h i s i s something t h a t would
g r e a t l y please the German p r e s i d e n t . fe}
The President: That i s very good. Let me mention a couple
other t h i n g s . I r e a l l y appreciate what you have done w i t h the
refugees. The s i t u a t i o n i s beginning t o get i n b e t t e r shape,
but we need t o be s e n s i t i v e t o what i s happening t o the f r o n t
l i n e s t a t e s . We need t o ask our people what we are going t o do
a f t e r t h i s i s over t o help the r e s e t t l e m e n t o f Kosovo and the
l a r g e r recovery e f f o r t s . There may be a way a f t e r t h i s i s over
t o get a l l these c o u n t r i e s i n v o l v e d i n a common economic
endeavor t h a t w i l l reduce e t h n i c s t r i f e .
We need t o s t a r t t o
t h i n k about t h i s now.
We need the best people i n a l l these
c o u n t r i e s t h i n k i n g about what i t w i l l look l i k e f i v e years from
now, assuming we get a d i p l o m a t i c s o l u t i o n here. f G)
President Chirac: This i s also my f e e l i n g .
Also, what we wish
to do w i t h the European Union. Also, the s p e c i f i c problem o f
the refugees, but more p r e c i s e l y the d i s p l a c e d persons, who are
s t i l l i n Kosovo and cannot get out. And we know n e i t h e r where
they are, nor what s t a t e they are i n . I t w i l l be necessary t o
consider help by the m i l i t a r y , p a r t i c u l a r l y how t o get more
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the necessary h e l p . fS4
The President: Yes, t h a t i s very good. One l a s t t h i n g . I got
a couple l e t t e r s from Y e l t s i n l a s t week t h a t I thought were
p r e t t y encouraging, n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g the r a t h e r inflammatory
p u b l i c comments he made. I n the next week or so, once we get
t h i s G-8 statement n a i l e d down, we ought t o make an e f f o r t t o
get t h e Russians back i n t h e game, and t h a t might serve Y e l t s i n
at home where he i s fending o f f a t t a c k s i n t h e Duma.
President Chirac: Yes, I have heard o f a resumption o f dialogue
between Russia and America, and I know Madeleine i s meeting w i t h
Ivanov on Tuesday.
The President: Yes, w e l l , I t h i n k t h a t i f we can j u s t keep the
pressure up, I t h i n k we may get a break i n the next couple o f
weeks, Jacques. I f we can keep t h e pressure up. We j u s t have
to stay a f t e r i t . fS-)
President Chirac: This i s q u i t e p o s s i b l e .
countries i s perfect.
The President:
The u n i t y o f NATO
Yes. (U)
President Chirac:
The President: Yes, i t i s very, very unstable. I am very
w o r r i e d about i t .
But we are t r y i n g t o get them t o take a
higher p r o f i l e i n an attempt t o promote s t a b i l i t y , because on
one hand i t b r i n g s Russia c l o s e r t o Europe, and on t h e o t h e r ,
Y e l t s i n can say t o t h e n a t i o n a l i s t s he i s t r y i n g t o stop t h e
bombing. (S)
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President Chirac: Yes, I completely agree, and we can make use
of the NATO-Russia p a r t n e r s h i p . ( S
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The President: Yes, okay, I w i l l see you here p r e t t y soon, b u t
i f we need t o t a l k t h i s week, I w i l l be around a l l week. I may
need t o c a l l you again. f G)
President Chirac: Okay, e v e r y t h i n g i s a b s o l u t e l y c l e a r . As
long as we stay on the K o f i Annan process, I t h i n k we can
achieve success.
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The President:
Yes, I agree w i t h t h a t .
President Chirac:
The President:
Okay, B i l l .
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Thank you, Jacques.
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President Chirac: Please give my regards t o H i l l a r y , and I w i l l
see you soon. (U)
The President:
A l l r i g h t , good bye. (U)
President Chirac:
Bye. (U)
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TELEPHONE CALLS TO BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BLAIR,
FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER CHRETIEN
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I.
PURPOSE
B l a i r . Review UK paper. Discuss shoring up A l l i e s on
widening t h e range o f t a r g e t s and the NATO Summit.
Chirac.
Press Chirac t o stay f o r d u r a t i o n o f NATO Summit.
Secure support f o r pressing on w i t h the NATO a i r campaign and
widening the range o f t a r g e t s .
C h r e t i e n . Express a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r strong support, i n c l u d i n g
d e c i s i o n t o c o n t r i b u t e more f i g h t e r s . Ask him t o buck up
Chirac on the NATO Summit. Get readout o f Zhu's Canada v i s i t .
II.
BACKGROUND
B l a i r . You spoke t o B l a i r today about moving t o Phase I I I .
Y o u ' l l want t o discuss the paper he i s sending as w e l l as
ways t o p r e v a i l upon Chirac t o stay f o r t h e e n t i r e NATO
Summit. B l a i r may again r a i s e b e t t e r c o o r d i n a t i o n on NATO
communications -- the B r i t i s h press termed the convoy
i n c i d e n t an understandable accident o f war b u t a p u b l i c
r e l a t i o n s d i s a s t e r because o f i n e p t handling by NATO p u b l i c
affairs officials.
Chirac
You should p r e v a i l
upon Chirac t o stay f o r the d u r a t i o n because: ( i ) every
day o f t h e Summit has a Kosovo focus and discussions f o r
which he needs t o be present; ( i i ) l e a v i n g e a r l y would send
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a t e r r i b l e message o f A l l i e d d i s u n i t y ; ( i i i ) we have
e l i m i n a t e d o r toned done the c e l e b r a t o r y aspects of the
summit. I f necessary, you can remind Chirac t h a t not o n l y
d i d you a t t e n d the Lyons G-8 i n the wake o f the Khobar
Towers bombing, you kept your promise t o dine w i t h him i n
Paris.
Meanwhile, Chirac continues t o take a s t r o n g p u b l i c l i n e on
Kosovo, speaking t o the French people a t r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s
t o m a i n t a i n support f o r t h e a i r s t r i k e s . His l e a d e r s h i p has
been e f f e c t i v e f o r NATO and f o r Chirac p e r s o n a l l y — t h e
French p u b l i c ' s support f o r the a i r s t r i k e s (70 percent) i s
topped o n l y by t h e i r support f o r Chirac ( j o b approval
r a t i n g : 79 p e r c e n t ) . Like Schroeder and D'Alema, Chirac
i s convinced t h a t a key t o m a i n t a i n i n g p u b l i c backing i s t o
c o n s t a n t l y take t h e i n i t i a t i v e — i f the p u b l i c senses
s t a g n a t i o n o r b e l i e v e s there i s no end i n s i g h t t o
( i n e f f e c t i v e ) a i r s t r i k e s , t h e i r support could wane. Hence
Chirac's support f o r the Fischer p l a n , h i s c a l l f o r the UN
t o be more i n v o l v e d , h i s p u b l i c e f f o r t s t o woo the Russians
on board, and h i s proposal t h a t t h e EU administer any peace
settlement.
EO 13526 1.4d
You a l s o should know t h a t P h i l i p p e Seguin, the leader o f
Chirac's G a u l l i s t p a r t y but also h i s r i v a l , q u i t Friday as
p a r t y leader and head o f i t s l i s t f o r the European
p a r l i a m e n t a r y e l e c t i o n s . That's good news f o r Chirac i n
the long term because i t marginalizes Seguin b u t bad news
i n the s h o r t term, because i t makes the r i g h t ' s already
bleak prospects i n the European e l e c t i o n s even b l e a k e r .
F i n a l l y , Chirac and the French are preoccupied w i t h
A l g e r i a , whose e l e c t i o n Friday was d i s c r e d i t e d by the
w i t h d r a w a l o f a l l but the army-backed candidate.
C h r e t i e n wants t o t a l k about the way ahead i n Kosovo, how
i t w i l l f i t i n t o the Summit and t o give you a readout o f
Zhu's v i s i t t o Canada. He remains s t e a d f a s t l y behind NATO
a c t i o n s i n Kosovo and i s i n c r e a s i n g l y i n favor o f ground
f o r c e i n t e r v e n t i o n . This Monday, he won complete support
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i n Parliament f o r Canada's p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n A l l i e d Force.
A d d i t i o n a l l y , Ottawa w i l l c o n t r i b u t e another s i x F-18
f i g h t e r s t o the e f f o r t ( b r i n g i n g i t s contingent from 12 t o
18 p l a n e s ) , and has agreed t o take i n up t o 5 Q Q Kosovar
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refugees w i t h p r e - e x i s t i n g t i e s t o Canada.
Attachments
Tab A Points t o be Made f o r Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
Tab B Points t o be Made f o r President Chirac
Tab C Points t o be Made f o r Prime M i n i s t e r C h r e t i e n
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Agree t h a t Summit i s p i v o t a l .
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W e ' l l want t o demonstrate u n i t y and d e t e r m i n a t i o n , and show
t h a t we're s t e p p i n g up pressure on M i l o s e v i c . W e ' l l a l s o want
t o work q u i e t l y t o d e a l w i t h any blockages.
•
We c o u l d a l s o aim t o announce t h e NATO m a r i t i m e i n s p e c t i o n
regime a t t h e Summit, showing how we i n t e n d t o s t e p up
economic p r e s s u r e . I understand t h a t concept i s b e i n g
q u e s t i o n e d by France and I t a l y i n NATO; hope t h a t you can h e l p
unstick i t .
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F i n a l l y , i t would be good i f our statement i n d i c a t e d t h e
i n t e n t i o n o f a l l a l l i e s t o t i g h t e n economic s a n c t i o n s on
Y u g o s l a v i a . Our F o r e i g n M i n i s t e r s ' meeting w i t h f r o n t - l i n e
s t a t e s can be used f o r t h e same purpose.
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Our s t a f f s h o u l d remain i n c l o s e touch over t h e n e x t few days
as we p r e p a r e f o r t h e Summit. Reserve judgment f o r now on t h e
need f o r them t o come here.
•
Look f o r w a r d t o t a l k i n g w i t h you Thursday morning.
•
C h i r a c sending s i g n a l s he may leave Summit as e a r l y as F r i d a y
because we d i d n o t s h o r t e n i t , focus i t e n t i r e l y on Kosovo as
he wants. I n f a c t , t h e r e ' s a heavy Kosovo focus every day f o r
which he i s needed, we've g o t t e n r i d o f t h e c e l e b r a t o r y
aspects and h i s l e a v i n g e a r l y would send a t e r r i b l e message
about A l l i e d d i s u n i t y . Maybe you can t a l k t o him about t h i s .
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Pleased t h a t you're w i l l i n g t o expand range o f t a r g e t s i n
NATO's a i r campaign. E s s e n t i a l t h a t we i n t e n s i f y the a i r
s t r i k e s and make our d e t e r m i n a t i o n c l e a r t o M i l o s e v i c .
'-- A p p r e c i a t e s t r o n g messages you and L i o n e l J o s p i n d e l i v e r e d on
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u n i t y and d e t e r m i n a t i o n and t o show t h a t we're s t e p p i n g up
p r e s s u r e on M i l o s e v i c .
I t ' s p o s s i b l e t h a t the Apaches i n Task Force Hawk w i l l be able
t o b e g i n o p e r a t i o n s a t the t i m e o f the Summit. That w i l l send
a strong signal.
We c o u l d a l s o aim t o announce the NATO m a r i t i m e i n s p e c t i o n
regime a t t h e Summit, showing how we i n t e n d t o s t e p up
economic p r e s s u r e .
I understand t h a t your d e l e g a t i o n has
r a i s e d v a r i o u s q u e s t i o n s i n NATO; hope t h a t you can h e l p move it.
F i n a l l y , i t would be good i f our statement i n d i c a t e d t h e
i n t e n t i o n o f a l l a l l i e s t o t i g h t e n economic s a n c t i o n s on
Yugoslavia.
Our F o r e i g n M i n i s t e r s ' meeting w i t h f r o n t - l i n e
s t a t e s can be used f o r the same purpose.
•
Understand your concerns about not w a n t i n g t o be so l o n g away
from home. But Jacques, i t i s c r i t i c a l you s t a y f o r d u r a t i o n .
We reworked agenda so t h a t every day has a heavy Kosovo focus
-- you are v i t a l t o these d i s c u s s i o n s . We've e l i m i n a t e d
v i r t u a l l y a l l o f the c e l e b r a t o r y aspects.
F i n a l l y , i f you
l e f t e a r l y , i t would send a t e r r i b l e message o f a l l i e d
disunity.
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[ I f necessary:
Jacques, I ' d ask you t o remember t h a t a f t e r
the Khobar Towers bombing, not o n l y d i d I a t t e n d t h e Lyons G-8
—- as planned, I kept my d i n n e r appointment w i t h you i n P a r i s . ]
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t h e FRY, and q u e s t i o n s i o e i n g r a i s e d about M i l o s e v i c ' s
leadership.
I f we keep up t h e pressure, and make c l e a r t h a t
i t w i l l i n t e n s i f y , t h e r e may be some hope o f f i n d i n g a crack
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Understand you had good meetings w i t h Zhu, and he's now o f f on
a t o u r o f Canada. I n t e r e s t e d i n your readout.
NATO Summit
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Need t o s t a r t t h i n k i n g about NATO Summit i n week's t i m e .
Given M i l o s e v i c ' s a t t i t u d e , p r o b a b l e NATO a i r campaign
ongoing.
•
W e ' l l want t o demonstrate u n i t y and d e t e r m i n a t i o n , as o u r
F o r e i g n M i n i s t e r s d i d e a r l i e r t h i s week. But w e ' l l a l s o want
to show t h a t we're s t e p p i n g up p r e s s u r e on M i l o s e v i c .
•
You may have heard Chirac sending s i g n a l s he may leave Summit
as e a r l y as F r i d a y because we f a i l e d t o s h o r t e n i t and focus
e v e r y t h i n g on Kosovo. I n f a c t , we've re-worked summit so thatevery day has a heavy Kosovo focus and we've e l i m i n a t e d t h e
c e l e b r a t o r y aspects. Most i m p o r t a n t , i f Jacques were t o leave
e a r l y , i t would send a t e r r i b l e message o f a l l i e d d i s u n i t y .
Maybe you can t a l k t o him.
Kosovo
•
L e t me say f i r s t how much I a p p r e c i a t e your p l a n s t o
c o n t r i b u t e another s i x f i g h t e r s .
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I t ' s p o s s i b l e t h a t t h e Apaches i n Task Force Hawk w i l l be a b l e
to b e g i n o p e r a t i o n s a t t h e time o f t h e Summit. That w i l l send
a s t r o n g s i g n a l . A p p r e c i a t e your sending an a d d i t i o n a l s i x
CF-18s t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e a i r campaign.
•
We c o u l d a l s o aim t o announce t h e NATO m a r i t i m e i n s p e c t i o n
regime a t t h e Summit, showing how we i n t e n d t o s t e p up
economic p r e s s u r e . I understand t h a t concept has r u n i n t o
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Y u g o s l a v i a . Our Foreign M i n i s t e r s ' meeting w i t h f r o n t - l i n e
s t a t e s can be used f o r t h e same purpose.
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You've p r o b a b l y seen some o f t h e r e p o r t i n g about d i s s e n s i o n i n
the FRY, and q u e s t i o n s b e i n g r a i s e d about M i l o s e v i c ' s
leadership.
I f we keep up t h e p r e s s u r e , and make c l e a r t h a t
i t w i l l i n t e n s i f y , t h e r e may be some hope o f f i n d i n g a crack
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because we d i d not s h o r t e n i t , focus i t e n t i r e l y on Kosovo as
he wants. I n f a c t , t h e r e ' s a h^avy Kosovo focus every day f o r
which he i s needed, we've gotyen r i d o f the c e l e b r a t o r y
aspects and h i s l e a v i n g e a r l y would send a t e r r i b l e message
about A l l i e d d i s u n i t y . Maybe vou can t a l k t o him about t h i s .
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i n t e n t i o n o f a l l a l l i e s t o t i g h t e n economic s a n c t i o n s on
Yugoslavia.
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s t a t e s can be used f o r the same purpose.
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from home. But Jacques, i t i s c r i c i c a l you s t a y f o r d u r a t i o n .
We reworked agenda so t h a t every/day has a heavy Kosovo focus
you are v i t a l t o these d i s c u s s i o n s . We've e l i m i n a t e d
v i r t u a l l y a l l o f t h e c e l e b r a t o r y a s p e c t s . F i n a l l y , i f you
l e f t e a r l y , i t would send a / r e r r i b l e message o f a l l i e d
disunity.
[ I f necessary: Jacques^ I ' d ask you t o remember t h a t a f t e r
the Khobar Towers bombang, n o t o n l y d i d I a t t e n d t h e Lyons G-f
as planned, I kept ity/ d i n n e r appointment w i t h you i n P a r i s . ]
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I t ' s p o s s i b l e t & a t t h e Apaches i n Task Force Hawk w i l l be a b l e
t o b e g i n o p e r a r i o n s a t t h e t i m e o f t h e Summit. T h a t _ _ w i l l send
a s t r o n 3 _ s j ^ g ^ a J ^ _ ^ A p p r e c i a t e s t r o n g messages you and LTone"2r-.
^^^ospTri d e l i v e r e d on n a t i o n a l TV and t o the N a t i o n a l A s s e m b l y ^
We c o u l d Also aim t o announce t h e NATO m a r i t i m e i n s p e c t i o n
regime a t t h e Summit, showing how we i n t e n d t o _ s t e p up
economic/pressure.
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some o p p o o i t i o f l i n NATO; hope t h a t you can h e l p move i t .
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i n t e n t i o n o f a l l a l l i e s t o t i g h t e n economic s a n c t i o n s on
Yugc/slavia. Our F o r e i g n M i n i s t e r s ' meeting w i t h f r o n t - l i n e
s t a t e s can be used f o r the same purpose.
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You've probably seen some of r.he r e p o r t i n g about dissension i n
the FRY, and questions being raised about Milosevic's
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leadership. I f we keep up the pressure, and make clear t h a t /
i t w i l l i n t e n s i f y , there may be some hope of f i n d i n g a cracj
i n Belgrade's resolve.
I n t e r n a t i o n a l pressure continues t o mount. Thought^f&^fi's and
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h German Chancellor Schroeder
PARTICIPANTS:
(U)
The President
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
I n t e r p r e t e r : Harry Obst
Notetakers: Bonnie C l i c k , Roger M e r l e t t i ,
Robin Rickard and Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
June 3, 1999, 1:35 - 1:45 p.m. EDT
Oval O f f i c e
Chancellor Schroeder: H e l l o , B i l l .
This i s Gerd Schroeder. We
have j u s t had the r e p o r t o f Mr. A h t i s a a r i and i t looks t o me,
a f t e r reading i t , l i k e a r e a l breakthrough i n the s i t u a t i o n .
The p a r l i a m e n t has approved t h i s , t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f the NATO
proposals, and t h a t approval looks t o me l i k e t h a t i s t h e same
as implementation. fS-)
The P r e s i d e n t : Gerhard, would you ask t h e i n t e p r e t e r t o say
t h a t again? (U)
( I n t e r p r e t e r repeats t h e Chancellor's previous
statement)
The P r e s i d e n t : What the parliament approved i s s l i g h t l y
d i f f e r e n t from NATO's proposal, as they l e f t out the word ' a l l "
i n terms o f t r o o p withdrawal, but i t looks h e l p f u l . We have t o
say, o b v i o u s l y , t h a t we appreciate the work t h a t Chernomyrdin
and A h t i s a a r i have done and we appreciate the vote i n t h e
p a r l i a m e n t , b u t we f e e l t h a t we need t o see some r e s u l t s . We
don't want t o be once again i n the p o s i t i o n o f t h i n k i n g we have
an agreement and then not have i t m a t e r i a l i z e . We w i l l keep
working t h i s b u t want t o see concrete r e s u l t s . (S)
-Chancellor Schroeder: I understand. Well, i t looks t o us as i f
i t were t r u e . I t speaks o f t h e withdrawal o f a l l Serbian
troops, i t speaks t o t h e r e p a t r i a t i o n o f t h e refugees and i t
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does speak also to having a NATO core in the peacekeeping force.
Now it also says this will be dealt with in the Security
Council. Now what we have to do is bring about this Security
Council meeting as fast as possible. Already, I believe the
NATO military experts are sitting down with the Yugoslav
military experts. Time is of the essence, we should move this
forward as fast as possible. tS)
The President: I agree t h a t we ought t o move t h i s forward as
f a s t as p o s s i b l e . My r e a l concern today i s only f o r our p u b l i c
r h e t o r i c . I f we are o v e r l y p o s i t i v e and there i s no c a u t i o n i n
our r h e t o r i c , he may not comply. He may get h i s bombing pause
and h e ' l l t u r n e v e r y t h i n g back t o mud. We need t o see r e a l
compliance. I agree we should push forward q u i c k l y b u t my o n l y
concern i s t h a t the NATO A l l i e s be somewhat cautious i n our
p u b l i c statements — so t h a t we don't t h i n k t h a t t h e i r words a r e
as good as t h e i r deeds. He has made a l o t o f deals i n t h e s i x
years t h a t I have been working w i t h him t h a t he has not kept. I
t h i n k t h i s one w i l l be kept i f we show firmness.
Chancellor Schroeder:
The P r e s i d e n t : I t h i n k our m i l i t a r y people have already worked
a l l t h i s out. I don't t h i n k we need t o t a l k about i t on t h i s
l i n e o r p u b l i c l y , b u t I t h i n k our m i l i t a r y people have reached a
s o l u t i o n on t h a t . (S)
-Chancellor Schroeder: Okay. I agree, by the way, t h a t i t would
d e f i n i t e l y be wrong t o spread euphoria i n p u b l i c statements. We
are n o t about t o do t h a t . We w i l l do so i n a r a t i o n a l ,
s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d manner but also i n d i c a t e t h e r e i s hope. f&}
The P r e s i d e n t :
Okay. (U)
Chancellor Schroeder:
I hope we w i l l stay i n touch.
(U)
The President: This could make f o r a b e t t e r G-8 meeting i n
Cologne i f t h i s works out. (U)
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Chancellor Schroeder:
The President:
Yes. Okay.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
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Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien
Notetakers: Bonnie C l i c k , Michael Manning,
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The President:
June 6, 1999, 1:35 - 1:42 p.m. EDT
Camp David, Maryland
Hello?
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien:
The President:
(U)
Hello, B i l l ?
Jean, how are you?
(U)
(U)
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien: I'm doing great. I am beside my lake,
and I've got a book I'm sure you read by Michener, a book about
Kennedy. I t ' s a good book. There was some r a i n , so I am j u s t
r e s t i n g a t t h i s moment. (U)
The President:
thing settled.
That's good.
(U)
I t looks l i k e we got t h a t salmon
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien: Yes. That i s s e t t l e d and we managed
to s e t t l e the magazine t h i n g too, and now I have t o see i f the
war i s s e t t l e d . (U)
The President: That i s what I wanted t o t a l k t o you about,
because we have a l i t t l e danger here w i t h the Serbs. The Serbs
yesterday had three d i f f e r e n t p o s i t i o n s . The Russians were
saying we can't approve a UN r e s o l u t i o n u n t i l the bombing pause,
and the Serbs were saying we can't withdraw u n t i l NATO comes i n
because we don't want a vacuum, which I'm sympathetic w i t h . We
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o f f e r e d a bombing pause i f they begin withdrawal and then we
would t r y 24 hours f o r a r e s o l u t i o n . We d i d n ' t want the Chinese
and Russians t o have a veto and then get a UN r e s o l u t i o n , which
we could get i n short order. (pf
Now the Serbs are coming back at us; they and the Russians want
to say they need a r e s o l u t i o n before we w i l l deploy and
a u t h o r i t y t o implement these other changes they want. I f there
i s a delay, then the Serbians would stay at the l e v e l s they were
before they invaded. That i s j u s t a way of s t e a l i n g the peace
a f t e r l o s i n g the c o n f l i c t . ^81
As long as we stay together, they w i l l agree today or tomorrow.
They are t r y i n g to give the Russians a veto over everything that
happens a f t e r t h i s i s resolved. I have wanted the Russians t o
be involved, and I'm pleased they are and want t o r e p a i r the
t i e s between NATO and Russia, but not i f i t means he i s going t o
wreck t h i s mission. I f i t were up t o the Russians, they w i l l
screw t h i s r e s o l u t i o n around, watering down what we can do. (pf
The only reason I c a l l e d you i s t h a t I t h i n k i t i s important
t h a t a l l o f us s t i c k behind the p o s i t i o n s o f our n e g o t i a t o r s .
We can't l e t the Russians design and d i c t a t e . That's e x a c t l y
what we would be doing i f we said there has t o be a UN
r e s o l u t i o n . We j u s t can't do t h a t . We would have gone t o a l l
t h i s t r o u b l e f o r nothing and given i t a l l back t o them.
(jgf
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien: For me, I have no strong view one way
or the other. I t h i n k i t i s over now, and everybody, the
Russians, I t h i n k , and the Serbs want a f i g l e a f . (Pf
The President: I don't mind about a f i g l e a f , but i f i t breaks
down, then, the Kosovars won't come home. (PI
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien: We have t o make s\.re the Kosovars can
go home s a f e l y and i f there i s no such agreement i t w i l l be very
d i f f i c u l t , because o f the Kosovar freedom f i g h t e r s . (po
The President: Yes, the moderates and the KLA will work with
us, but there will be some risk. The operational integrity in
what we do is very, very important. Thank you for all your
help. I just wanted to say that. (JS)
Prime Minister Chretien: That's a big deal for me. I hope we
stop bombing as soon as possible, but if the bombing takes a few
more days, it is all right with me because it is better to do it
properly. They want a UN resolution first. (JS)
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Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien:
So they want a r e s o l u t i o n f i r s t ?
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The President: Yes, but we can't. That i s f i n e i f we t r y t o
get one but i f we don't get one, we have to go on anyway. We
don't want to give the Russians a veto over the contents o f the
r e s o l u t i o n , because they w i l l be r u t h l e s s and w i l l b a s i c a l l y
undo everything that was done over the l a s t few days. Even
France, who has always been strong on t h i s , has admitted i f we
t r y f o r a day to get a r e s o l u t i o n and can't, we should go i n
under a NATO order. I t h i n k i f everyone stays together on t h i s ,
we should have an agreement w i t h i n the next 4 8 hours. (pf
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien:
The President:
Thank you.
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien:
OK, no problem.
I w i l l side w i t h you.
(U)
Have you been playing?
(U)
The President: Yes, I played yesterday and may get to play nine
holes today. We are c e l e b r a t i n g my mother-in-law's 80
b i r t h d a y . (U)
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Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien: I played g o l f yesterday and had my
best game ever. I shot a 79 and had f i v e pars and a b i r d i e on
the back nine. (U)
The President:
Good f o r you.
That i s wonderful.
(U)
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien: OK, B i l l , we w i l l keep i n touch, and
a l l the other problems are s e t t l e d . I got a l i t t l e b i t o f f l a p
here i n Canada because I was not tough enough on the magazines,
but t h a t i s s e t t l e d . On salmon, we have an agreement f o r 10
years. I t i s always a touchy issue, and your senators and
governors of Washington and Oregon were a l i t t l e much f o r
Canadians, but t h a t i s a l l r i g h t . We put i t i n a d i f f e r e n t
context of conservation more than catching f i s h , and they were a
l i t t l e easier to handle when we talked about conservation.
(jzf
The President: Yes, t h a t ' s important to do, because our b i g
problem i s w i t h the Alaskans. The people i n Washington and
Oregon were closer to Canada. (pf
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Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien: OK. I am happy w i t h t h a t , so I w i l l
see you i n a couple of weeks i n Germany. (U)
The President:
I can't wait.
Bye.
(U)
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Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema
I n t e r p r e t e r : Sim Smiley
Notetakers: Michael Manning and M i l e s
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DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The P r e s i d e n t :
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Hello.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
Massimo?
Hello.
(U)
(U)
The P r e s i d e n t : Thank you f o r t a k i n g t h i s c a l l .
I wanted t o
t a l k t o you a minute about the n e g o t i a t i o n s . fG-)
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: And t h a t i s e x a c t l y the same t h i n g I
wanted t o t a l k t o you about. fG}
The President: Yesterday, we had b a s i c a l l y t h r e e p o s i t i o n s .
The Russians wouldn't go t o the UN f o r a r e s o l u t i o n u n t i l there
was a bombing pause. We s a i d we couldn't pause u n t i l t h e r e was
evidence t h a t t h e troops were withdrawing. The Serbs s a i d , and
i t was the o n l y t h i n g t h a t I was sympathetic t o , they d i d n ' t
want t o withdraw and leave a vacuum. They wanted us t o come i n
as they were withdrawing. So we a r r i v e d a t what I thought was a
good s o l u t i o n . We s a i d , okay you s t a r t the w i t h d r a w a l , we w i l l
have a pause and t r y f o r 24 hours t o get a UN R e s o l u t i o n , but i f
we f a i l , we w i l l then go t o NATO and get approval t o go i n . f&)
So I thought we would have an agreement on t h i s b a s i s , b u t today
they came back, t h e Serbs, and s a i d before deployment, before
the mission can be c a r r i e d out, there has t o be a UN R e s o l u t i o n .
The problem w i t h t h a t , o b v i o u s l y , i s they w i l l t r y t o give the
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Russians veto power over the nature and design o f our
deployment, o f t h e e n t i r e o p e r a t i o n , and i f t h a t happens, they
w i l l then t r y t o give back t o the Serbs what they have l o s t i n
the c o n f l i c t . And we w i l l have a s i t u a t i o n where i t would
become unmanageable q u i c k l y , and they w i l l add a l o t o f
requirements t h a t w i l l keep the Kosovars from coming home. I
t h i n k i f we can a l l be f i r m w i t h our p o s i t i o n s we w i l l be f i n e
i n a day o r so, but I wanted t o c a l l t o l e t you know t h a t i s
where I t h i n k t h i n g s are. fS-)
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: Yes. I c e r t a i n l y understand we need
guarantees on the composition o f the force and o f the NATO
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The President: Yes, I agree w i t h t h a t . I n Bosnia, we found
t h a t s o l u t i o n by having them work i n one sector, w i t h the United
States, b u t t h a t wouldn't be acceptable t h i s time because they
blame us f o r the whole t h i n g i n Kosovo. So we have t o f i n d
another s o l u t i o n , but I t h i n k the same basic o u t l i n e w i l l work,
where they work w i t h the l o c a l commander, one f o r c e , b u t not
s t r i c t l y under NATO. f&}
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: Yes, I t h i n k t h a t the most c r u c i a l
p o i n t i n a l l t h i s i s thp t e c h n i c a l - m i l i t a r y ..aareentfiirL. IhaiL
the c r u c i a l p o i n t now.
The President: I am too b u t we cannot give t h e Russians veto
power over the design o f what i s going on. We have t o be
s e n s i t i v e t o them not s e r v i n g under NATO, b u t we cannot l e t them
decide who goes where and i n what numbers, because i f we d i d ,
they would simply i n s t a l l M i l o s e v i c again. That i s what they
would do. We have t o keep working over the next day or so. I
t h i n k we a l l have t o stay together.
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Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
The President:
Yes. I agree. fS}
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
The P r e s i d e n t : Yes. I agree. The most important t h i n g i s t o
keep t h e Russians from g e t t i n g a veto. I f we t r y t o get a
R e s o l u t i o n and f a i l , they have t o know we are more than w i l l i n g
to stop the bombing and t h a t we want t h i s t h i n g t o be over.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
The P r e s i d e n t : I agree w i t h you. We s e t c e r t a i n c o n d i t i o n s and
t h a t i s n o t one o f them. We have t o honor t h a t . So i f t h e
agreement i s reached, I w i l l agree w i t h you.
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Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: I t h i n k t h a t when we have peace the
t r u t h w i l l come o u t . Witnesses w i l l come out, the problem w i l l
explode on the p u b l i c scene and t h e p u b l i c w i l l become aware o f
the r e a l M i l o s e v i c , b u t we cannot put i t on the agenda now. fS-)
The P r e s i d e n t :
Yes. I agree w i t h you.
F i r s t things
first,
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Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: There was one l a s t t h i n g I wanted t o
say. We are very close t o agreement on the S i l v i a B a r a l d i n i
case and t h e Ambassador i s aware o f t h i s . Very soon, i n the
next few days, we w i l l be able t o make t h i s announcement, and I
wanted t o thank you very much f o r your help on t h i s matter. f£4
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The President: . Yes. I know how important t h i s was to you. I
asked our people to work hard on i t . I hope i t w i l l be worked
out and that i t w i l l be h e l p f u l to you when i t i s . fe)
Prime Minister D'Alema: Yes. I think so, and I think i t w i l l
be considered an important signal of the good relations between
the United States and I t a l y . I think that i t w i l l be considered
a sign of goodwill toward I t a l y , and f o r t h i s I thank you. fe)
The President: Thank you. I w i l l be back i n touch i n a few
days. I w i l l see you i n Germany. (U)
Prime Minister D'Alema:
The President:
Goodbye. (U)
Goodbye. (U)
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Secretary General Solana
Notetakers: George Chastain, Matt Sibley,
Robert Ford, Sean Tarver, Jim Smith and
Roger M e r l e t t i
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AND PLACE:
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Oval O f f i c e
The President:
Hello?
Secretary General Solana:
The President:
How are you?
Good morning t o you.
I t r e a l l y i s a good morning.
Secretary General Solana: Good morning, i n a l l the sense of the
phrase. You have done a r e a l l y great job. I t would not have
been done without your leadership. I t succeeded because we
r e a l l y maintained the l i n e t o the l a s t minute. And we were able
to maintain the a l l i e s u n t i l the l a s t minute. I t was f a n t a s t i c .
Thank you very much f o r everything you have done.
The President: We could not have done i t without you. You kept
them a l l together.
Secretary General Solana: When we have forces deployed on the
ground i n the next few days i t w i l l be a memorable p i c t u r e t h a t
w i l l be u n f o r g e t t a b l e . We w i l l see what we have done. We have
established A l l i e d l i n k s of f r i e n d s h i p among ourselves t h a t can
not be broken. We must maintain that forever.
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The President:
You've got i t .
Secretary General Solana:
The President:
Thanks very much.
Thank you so much.
Have a great day.
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Goodbye.
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Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema
I n t e r p r e t e r : E l i z a b e t a Ullman
N o t e t a k e r s : George C h a s t a i n , M a t t S i b l e y ,
Robert Ford, Sean Tarver, Roger M e r l e t t i and
Jim Smith
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The P r e s i d e n t :
June 10, 1999, 10:56 - 10:59 a.m. EDT
Oval O f f i c e
Hello.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
Massimo?
Hello, B i l l .
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The P r e s i d e n t : I j u s t c a l l e d t o say thank you. I t has been a
g r e a t day f o r a l l o f us. I know what a tremendous burden you
have borne t h r o u g h t h i s whole t h i n g , and I j u s t wanted t o c a l l
and say thank you. (U)
Prime Minister D'Alema: Mr. President, I have gathered around
me all of our military pilots; I have come here to thank them,
and there is also a presence of some Allied officers and an
American general. I will give your regards to everyone here. I
am on one of the most active bases during the conflict. (jtf
The President: I hope you will tell your military people how
grateful I am for their brave and effective performance. I am
very gratified by what they have done. Especially those of you
in Italy, for whom this was a very difficult thing. I am very
grateful. (jt)
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: Yes, I b e l i e v e t h a t I t a l y has t o g e t
used t o becoming a grown-up c o u n t r y and take up i t s own
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up a lot. ijt)
The President: Well, you c e r t a i n l y performed i n a magnificent
manner. I cannot wait t o see you i n Cologne. We have a l o t t o
discuss there. (£1
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: Yes, we have a meeting there. I t h i n k
i t i s important and u s e f u l t o organize a meeting i n the f a l l . I
t h i n k i t w i l l be an o p p o r t u n i t y f o r you t o come t o I t a l y f o r a
couple of days. (U)
The President: Yes. We are hoping t o work t h a t out.
i t i s important. (U)
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
i n Cologne. (U)
The President:
Thank you very much, and I w i l l see you
Thank you very much and goodbye.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
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I think
Arrivederci.
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President Aznar
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President Aznar:
The President:
President Aznar:
June 10, 1999, 11:40 - 11:43 a.m. EDT
Oval O f f i c e
Hello?
Jose Maria?
How are you?
The President: Fine, thank you. I j u s t c a l l e d t o thank you so
much f o r your l o y a l support t o NATO. This i s a good day f o r us.
I j u s t wanted t o say thank you.
President Aznar: I'm very happy that you c a l l e d me. Thank you
so much. I'm very happy w i t h your leadership and the success of
the operation.
The President:
Thank you.
President Aznar: I t h i n k you can also count on Spain continuing
to cooperate i n t h i s new phase. We w i l l cooperate m i l i t a r i l y as
w e l l as p o l i t i c a l l y , of course.
The President: I can't wait.
to do but we can do i t .
There i s s t i l l a l o t of hard work
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tough job ahead, but when a l l of us work together, we achieve
our o b j e c t i v e s .
The President:
And we always w i l l i f we stay together.
President Aznar: Well, you know you can r e l y on me personally
and on Spain. No doubt together we w i l l achieve our goals.
The President:
That's great.
I w i l l see you soon.
Thank you.
President Aznar: L i s t e n , thank you f o r your c a l l and, j u s t one
second, l e t me ask you, how are the cigars doing?
The President: I j u s t smoked the l a s t one yesterday.
Hillary
got mad at me because I stopped chewing them and s t a r t e d smoking
them. They were too good to keep chewing.
President Aznar: I t i s much b e t t e r to smoke them. As I t o l d
you, I am reserving one very special cigar that I ' l l smoke
during H i l l a r y ' s campaign i n New York.
The President:
Thank you.
I ' l l t e l l her t h a t .
President Aznar: I hope to see you soon and thank you f o r the
c a l l . A l l the best.
The President:
Thank you.
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I n t e r p r e t e r : Carol Wolter
Notetakers: George Chastain, Matt Sibley,
Robert Ford, Sean Tarver, Roger M e r l e t t i
and James Smith
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The President:
June 10, 1999, 11:35 - 11:37 a.m.
Oval O f f i c e
Hello, Jacques?
President Chirac:
you.
The President:
Bill?
You too.
Oh, How are you?
Congratulations t o
I j u s t c a l l e d t o thank you.
President Chirac: That i s very nice o f you. This i s a r e a l l y
great success, also a great success f o r cooperation between the
United States and France. Also. Not 'only," but 'also."
The President:
Absolutely.
President Chirac: We are very glad, and French p u b l i c opinion
is very s a t i s f i e d .
The President: Now we have t o get the refugees back i n and make
i t work. I j u s t c a l l e d t o say thank you. We can t a l k more i n
Cologne.
President Chirac: Yes, we have, i n a week, a dinner i n a l i t t l e
b i s t r o i n France and we can t a l k a l i t t l e longer, but I t h i n k
everything i s going t o go a l l r i g h t now.
The President:
Well, I can't thank you enough.
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together and we have been r i g h t .
We have been
The President: Yes, the same as i n Bosnia. Now we have a r e a l
chance f o r Europe t o be put r i g h t and continue t h i s move toward
i n t e g r a t i o n on s e c u r i t y and economic strategy. I t h i n k 20 years
from now t h i s w i l l be looked back on as a great day.
President Chirac: Yes, I think so, too. Public opinion i n
France approved t h i s a l l the time l i k e i n the United States.
The President:
see you.
I can't wait t o see you.
President Chirac:
The President:
H i l l a r y can't wait t o
A l l my love t o H i l l a r y , too. See you soon.
I can't w a i t .
Goodbye.
President Chirac: We w i l l see you i n a French b i s t r o . I can't
wait t o see you. Thank you f o r c a l l i n g . I am moved. Goodbye.
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Prime M i n i s t e r C h r e t i e n
Notetakers:
George Chastain, Matt S i b l e y ,
Robert Ford, Sean Tarver, J i m Smith and
Roger M e r l e t t i
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The P r e s i d e n t :
June 10, 1999, 11:45 - 11:47 a.m. EDT
Oval O f f i c e
Hello?
(U)
Prime M i n i s t e r C h r e t i e n :
Hello, B i l l ?
(U)
The P r e s i d e n t : Jean, I j u s t c a l l e d t o say thank you.
good day f o r us. (U)
This i s a
Prime M i n i s t e r C h r e t i e n : Oh, good, I am v e r y happy. I t i s a
g r e a t success you g o t , t h a t we got c o l l e c t i v e l y , t o be able t o
remain t o g e t h e r d u r i n g these d i f f i c u l t t i m e s . (U)
The P r e s i d e n t : We d i d and I t h i n k i t i s a g r e a t t h i n g f o r
Europe t o o . We have t o h e l p them so the m i s s i o n i n Kosovo
doesn't g e t screwed up.
This w i l l g i v e Europe enormous s e l f c o n f i d e n c e because they d i d n ' t w a i t l i k e Bosnia and a l l o w the UN
to u n i n t e n t i o n a l l y r a t i f y the e t h n i c c l e a n s i n g . I t h i n k t h i s
w i l l l e a d t o a more u n i f i e d Europe and i s i n the l o n g - t e r m best
i n t e r e s t s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s and Canada. Reversing e t h n i c
cleansing i s very important.
Prime M i n i s t e r C h r e t i e n : You can be sure we w i l l do our p a r t .
We haven't decided how many we w i l l send. We know you have
seven t o e i g h t thousand. I a l r e a d y have e i g h t hundred. NATO
wants a thousand more but I don't know i f we can a f f o r d i t . (£1
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The President: Do the best you can. Your guys are so competent
and so good. I know one thing we w i l l have h e l l doing i s t r y i n g
to f i g u r e out how t o prevent the understandable blood l u s t of the
Kosovars from running against the Serbs that want t o stay.
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien:
Kosovo? 0^
When do you expect troops t o move i n t o
The President: Tomorrow. I t has t o be tomorrow. We can't wait
long because I am a f r a i d these refugees w i l l pour across the
border l i k e the I s r a e l i t e s out of Egypt. We have t o get the mines
out.
We don't want a bunch of refugees having t h e i r legs blown
o f f t r y i n g t o go home. f^J
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien: We w i l l be p a r t i c i p a t i n g
Thank you f o r c a l l i n g .
The President:
Okay, I ' l l see you i n Cologne.
Prime M i n i s t e r Chretien:
Yep. Goodbye.
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Prime M i n i s t e r Guterres
N o t e t a k e r s : Matt S i b l e y , Robert Ford,
George Chastain, Sean Tarver, Roger
M e r l e t t i and Jim Smith
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The P r e s i d e n t :
June 10, 1999, 1:47 - 1:49 p.m. EDT
Oval O f f i c e
Hello?
Prime M i n i s t e r G u t e r r e s :
b i g day. (U)
The P r e s i d e n t :
(U)
Hello, B i l l .
Congratulations, i t i s a
I j u s t c a l l e d t o thank you. (U)
Prime M i n i s t e r G u t e r r e s :
Not a t a l l . You have n o t h i n g t o thank
me f o r . We have a l l t o thank you. You d i d t h e r i g h t t h i n g .
(U)
The P r e s i d e n t : I j u s t wanted t o say thanks. We had a hard j o b ,
and we have a hard j o b ahead o f us, b u t you were w o n d e r f u l . (U)
Prime M i n i s t e r G u t e r r e s :
No, I must confess, i n my o p i n i o n a l l
t h i s was p o s s i b l e because o f t h e d e c i s i o n s taken a t t h e
Washington Summit. Your p o s i t i o n was c r i t i c a l .
The o p p o s i t i o n
was a l s o key t o making t h i s happen. I am v e r y happy, b u t now we
have a l o t t o do and many problems t o f a c e . But you can count
on us. We a r e a s m a l l c o u n t r y , b u t our e f f o r t w i l l be
p r o p o r t i o n a l , i f i t i s a t a l l p o s s i b l e . (Pf
The P r e s i d e n t :
Thank you so much.
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Prime M i n i s t e r Guterres: I t h i n k i t w i l l be a very hard task
now t o make things move i n Kosovo, but our experience w i t h the
Kosovars i s t h a t they want t o come back. (£7
The President: Yes. We've got t o get them home as q u i c k l y as
possible. I t ' l l be d i f f i c u l t , but i t ' s possible. ( p f
Prime M i n i s t e r Guterres:
The President:
Thanks.
A l l the best.
Goodbye.
Prime M i n i s t e r Guterres:
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Fine.
Goodbye.
Thanks.
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AND PLACE:
The P r e s i d e n t :
June 10, 1999, 2:01 - 2:07 p.m. EDT
Oval O f f i c e
H e l l o , Wim?
(U)
Prime M i n i s t e r Kok: H e l l o , B i l l .
The P r e s i d e n t :
(U)
I c a l l e d t o say thank you. (U)
Prime M i n i s t e r Kok: W e l l , thank you. You d i d i t , t h e
Americans. We gave you a l l t h e support you needed, b u t you d i d
it.
I'm most happy f o r what we r e a l i z e d . (U)
The President: I think it's a great day for Europe. It will be
a great day if we can get most of them to go home now. We'll
have a reverse in the ethnic cleansing in a way that we couldn't
do in Bosnia because it went on so long. [ft]
Prime M i n i s t e r Kok: A b s o l u t e l y , i f we can g e t them home b e f o r e
w i n t e r s t a r t s i n November and October o r even September. There
i s a l o t t o be done.
The P r e s i d e n t :
I t h i n k t h e c o n f i d e n c e and t h e p r i d e I sense i n
Europe i s a g r e a t t h i n g . They're so proud. I t a l k e d t o
D'Alema, and i t was v e r y h a r d f o r him, and t h e y a r e so proud,
and now we have t o make t h e peace work. I f we can do t h i s , we
may have stopped a l o t o f t h i s elsewhere. We have been w o r k i n g
q u i e t l y , and h o p e f u l l y can t a l k more l a t e r , b u t we have t r i e d
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quietly for four years in Africa to try to prevent another
Rwanda with a rapid reaction force. I think if we can have a
set-up now elsewhere, we can stop this from happening in the
future, it will be a great thing. (j?)
Prime Minister Kok: This will certainly have an effect
elsewhere in Europe. I must tell you, here in the Netherlands
during the last few weeks, there was a growing sentiment that we
needed some kind of pause in the bombing. But I think the way
it was done was the best exercise, facilitating the Chinese to
agree on the UN resolution. (ft)
But I must say, Bill, I was there as you were in the last few
weeks and I am so impressed by what Albania, Macedonia and
others need in terms of logistics support. At the same time, we
have to invest politically and militarily in the future of the
whole region, if not elsewhere. (fS)
With no economic perspective, people tend even more to
nationalistic policies. We are now entering summer but must be
aware of the fact that now is when our responsibility starts.
To rebuild. Reconstruct. (&]
The President: One thing I'd like you to think about. I will
raise all those issues at the G-8 in Cologne next week. I know
the EU already began a partnership relationship with countries
in Southeast Europe, but it seems to me if we could package this
thing structurally the way the Marshall Plan worked, I know it's
an over-used analogy, but if we could say to Macedonia, even to
Montenegro and Albania, but also to Romania and Bulgaria, 'Get
yourselves together as a unit and we will do the following
things that will be very helpful." The United States will help,
but it is important for the EU to take the lead. {{£)
Prime M i n i s t e r Kok: Yes, I have considered t h a t .
c e r t a i n premium on i t now.
There i s a
The President: I t could be a dressed up customs union, I don't
know, whatever we want, but something t o make them say, 'We w i l l
deepen regional i n t e g r a t i o n w i t h Europe based on common
p r i n c i p l e s and, i n r e t u r n f o r t h a t , w i l l depend on the EU f o r
help." The Canadians w i l l p i t c h i n and w e ' l l do our p a r t . (J2f
Prime M i n i s t e r Kok: That's a very good idea.
about i t , B i l l . (U)
The President:
Thanks, Wim.
I will
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The President:
Goodbye.
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C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder
I n t e r p r e t e r : G i s e l a Marcuse
Notetakers:
Sean Tarver, Matt S i b l e y ,
Robert Ford, Roger M e r l e t t i , James
Smith and Lawrence B u t l e r
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
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President:
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Gerhard, I j u s t c a l l e d t o say thank you. (U)
C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder: I have t o thank you. Without America, i t
would have been i m p o s s i b l e t o i n t e r v e n e i n Kosovo. (U)
The
President:
But we d i d a good t h i n g t o g e t h e r .
C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder:
(U)
I t h i n k so. (U)
The P r e s i d e n t : Yes, me t o o . And I t h i n k now we j u s t have t o
keep w o r k i n g , we have t o make i t work. We have t o w i n t h e
peace, now t h a t we've won t h e c o n f l i c t . (U)
C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder: I t h i n k t h e most i m p o r t a n t j o b f o r us i s
t o make sure t h e c o u n t r y gets back on i t s f e e t e c o n o m i c a l l y and
politically.
They have t o i n Macedonia and A l b a n i a and
e s p e c i a l l y i n Montenegro. (pT
The P r e s i d e n t : Yes, I agree. I s t r o n g l y support i t and w i l l
h e l p as much as I can. I t h i n k t h e f i r s t t h i n g i s t o make sure
landmines a r e o u t o f t h e way, and g e t t h e refugees o u t o f
Macedonia as soon as we can, then we have t o go t o work on t h e
economy. I t ' s a d e c i s i o n f o r Europe, b u t I would l i k e t o see
some e f f o r t s made i n t h e whole e a s t e r n European r e g i o n f o r a
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there in the Marshall Plan, not so much in the money, but in the
way it was done,
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Chancellor Schroeder: I t o t a l l y agree. We can t a l k about the
d e t a i l s , but i t ' s important t o develop the region economically
and t o give i t some prospect of becoming part of Europe. This
whole t h i n g should be done i n step. There are many economic
d i f f e r e n c e s , but i t ' s important they have the prospect
eventually of j o i n i n g . Germany was i n support of the Czech
Republic, Hungary and Poland j o i n i n g the EU. We are also i n
favor o f eastern countries being given the prospect o f
eventually j o i n i n g . That i s something we have t o continue t o
support, t h i s i s not a s h o r t - l i v e d t h i n g . We intend t o work on
it.
(pO
The President: Well, I think we will have a chance to talk more
at the EU, but I think you're going to have a good summit at
Cologne, now. It'll be much happier than it might have been.
We'll have to work on it together. It was nice to hear your
voice. I just wanted to thank you today. \g]
Chancellor Schroeder: I also thank you very much f o r your good
cooperation and I look forward t o seeing you again. (U)
The President:
Okay.
Chancellor Schroeder:
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Goodbye.
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PARTICIPANTS:
The P r e s i d e n t
Prime M i n i s t e r
Dehaene
Dehaene
Notetakers:
George Chastain, M a t t S i b l e y ,
Robert Ford, Sean Tarver, Roger M e r l e t t i ,
Jim Smith, Lawrence B u t l e r and Sam Moyn
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
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The P r e s i d e n t :
Hello,
Jean-Luc.
Prime M i n i s t e r
Dehaene:
Hello,
The P r e s i d e n t :
Prime M i n i s t e r
job.
The P r e s i d e n t :
Bill.
I j u s t c a l l e d t o say thank you.
Dehaene:
I t h i n k t h a t t o g e t h e r we d i d a good
Yes, I t h i n k we d i d a good t h i n g f o r t h e w o r l d .
Prime M i n i s t e r Dehaene: I t h i n k t h a t i t i s a good agreement, b u t
now i t w i l l be a q u e s t i o n o f p u t t i n g t h e necessary means i n and
h e l p i n g t h e whole area s t a b i l i z e .
The P r e s i d e n t :
Prime M i n i s t e r
The P r e s i d e n t :
We can do t h a t .
Dehaene:
I t h i n k so.
We have t o work on i t .
Prime M i n i s t e r Dehaene: I t h i n k t h a t i f we can work t h e same
way, between you and the EU, we can r e a l i z e i t .
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operational problems, but I t h i n k we can do i t .
I am looking
forward t o i t and j u s t wanted t o c a l l and say thank you very
much.
Prime M i n i s t e r Dehaene: I appreciate i t .
NATO and the EU i t was a very good t h i n g .
The President:
Me too.
Prime M i n i s t e r Dehaene:
The President:
I t h i n k t h a t between
Okay, goodbye.
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SUBJECT:
B i l a t e r a l Meeting Between the President and
German Chancellor Schroeder (U)
PARTICIPANTS
United States
The President
Samuel R. Berger, A s s i s t a n t t o the President
for National Security A f f a i r s
James Steinberg, Deputy A s s i s t a n t t o t h e
President f o r N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y A f f a i r s
Steven R i c c h e t t i , Deputy Chief o f S t a f f
John Kornblum, Ambassador t o Germany
Antony B l i n k e n , Special A s s i s t a n t t o t h e
President and Senior D i r e c t o r f o r European
A f f a i r s , NSC S t a f f , (notetaker)
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Gerhard Schroeder, Chancellor
Joschka Fischer, Foreign M i n i s t e r
Michael S t e i n e r , N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y Advisor
Hans Blomeyer, A s s i s t a n t t o the Chancellor
f o r North America
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
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Gurzenich, Germany
Chancellor Schroeder: Well, f i r s t l e t me extend t o you our
warmest welcome. I hope you w i l l get a chance t o enjoy t h e
c i t y . (U)
The President: We went out f o r a wonderful meal l a s t n i g h t —
we had a great time and I c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e l o c a l economy. (U)
Chancellor Schroeder:
Kosovo. (U)
Perhaps we could s t a r t by t a l k i n g about
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we are. (U)
Why don't I l e t Sandy give us a r e p o r t on where
N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y Advisor Berger:
I t ' s been an intense two
days. The Russians have kept i n s i s t i n g on t h e i r own s e c t o r .
But now we have j u s t heard t h a t they have f a l l e n o f f t h a t .
Where we are now, i s t h a t they would have two b a t t a l i o n s i n our
s e c t o r , one i n the French sector and one i n yours. The l a s t two
would be contiguous areas, k i n d of l i k e a f i g u r e e i g h t . But the
c o n t i g u i t y would be very small. The remaining issues seemed t o
be f i g u r i n g o u t the a i r p o r t l o g i s t i c s . The Russians want 1500.
The B r i t i s h b e l i e v e t h a t i s very excessive. The Russians may
also want a 5 b a t t a l i o n . Secretary Cohen i s going t o say t o
them *you have u n t i l 4:30 t o make a deal."
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The President: I t h i n k t h i s w i l l work o u t . I t ' s r e a l l y more
about what i s going on i n s i d e o f Russia. What i s d i s t u r b i n g i s
the b e l i e f even among the Y e l t s i n group t h a t we went t o war i n
Kosovo t o extend our i n f l u e n c e from the Caucasus t o the Caspian.
That we want t o push back the Russians. Of course, t h i s i s n o t
t r u e , b u t we have t o convince them o f t h a t . fG-)
Chancellor Schroeder:
The President: I agree. And t h a t ' s why we have t o be a l i t t l e
b i t f l e x i b l e . But t h e r e d l i n e s are very c l e a r and must not
change. F i r s t , they cannot have t h e i r own s e c t o r . The Kosovar
Albanians would n o t go home. I t would be a r e c i p e f o r carnage.
Second, t h e r e can be no defacto p a r t i t i o n . That would be
tantamount t o l o s i n g t h e peace. But w i t h i n those r e d l i n e s I
t h i n k we can be f l e x i b l e w i t h o u t embarrassing the Russians. I n
a l a r g e r sense, we need them t o understand t h a t t h i s i s not
about t e r r i t o r y , or wealth but t o reverse e t h n i c c l e a n s i n g .
This i s n o t 19th century great power p o l i t i c s . Now given the
unique German r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h Russia, I t h i n k you have a
unique a b i l i t y t o i n f l u e n c e them and help t o see what our goals
r e a l l y are. My time i s running out, and so i s Y e l t s i n ' s . I
have done my best t o support them. Now, I j u s t spoke t o B l a i r .
He agrees t h a t we should t a l k about t h i s t o n i g h t . One t h i n g we
discussed was t o t r y and b r i n g more p a r l i a m e n t a r i a n s t o Russia
and v i c e versa. What we need t o do i s t o move the center o f
Russian p o l i t i c s . fG)
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Chancellor Schroeder: You know we j u s t had t h i s EU Summit. We
adopted a j o i n t statement and an approach t o Russia. I t goes
beyond government-to-government a f f a i r s . I t i n c l u d e s economic
p o l i t i c a l and youth c o n t a c t s . A more i n t e g r a l approach as you
were saying — t h a t ' s the only way t o reassure t h e i r f e a r s .
They are the younger generation o f Russian p o l i t i c i a n s and
i r o n i c a l l y they have not had the i n t e r n a t i o n a l exposure t h a t the
o l d e r ones have had. We need t o make sure t h a t we work w i t h the
up and coming people as w e l l . f&)
The P r e s i d e n t : Can we t a l k about Kosovo? Let's assume the
Russian piece works o u t . Then we've got a huge r e c o n s t r u c t i o n
j o b . We want t o do our p a r t . S e t t i n g aside the q u e s t i o n o f
a s s i s t a n c e , i t seems t o me there are two issues.
First,
r e b u i l d i n g c i v i l s o c i e t y i n Kosovo. Second, the b u i l d i n g o f the
Balkans as a whole w i t h the EU S t a b i l i t y Pact I n i t i a t i v e .
Now,
i t i s v i t a l t h a t we get the r i g h t person t o handle r e b u i l d i n g i n
Kosovo. I don't care about n a t i o n a l i t y . I am w o r r i e d t h a t the
d e c i s i o n w i l l be p o l i t i c a l . Not based on competence and energy.
We need t o approach t h i s as i f we were h i r i n g someone t o do a
job f o r a m i l l i o n Deutch Marks. What would we look f o r ?
Someone w i t h p o l i t i c a l s k i l l s , since the people hate each o t h e r .
Someone w i t h human f e e l i n g , we w i l l l i t e r a l l y need t o b r i n g an
army o f p s y c h i a t r i s t s and r e l i g i o u s leaders. Someone who can
handle t h e machinery o f r e b u i l d i n g houses and roads. Someone
w i t h tremendous energy, w i t h r e a l management a b i l i t y , w i t h
i m a g i n a t i o n . Maybe someone who ran a b i g German company. That
would be b e t t e r than a former cabinet m i n i s t e r . We cannot a l l o w
p o l i t i c s t o obscure the need t o do i t r i g h t . Just l i k e our
d e c i s i o n t h a t we could not lose the war i n Kosovo, i t i s a
c r i t i c a l decision.
I f we g e t t h e wrong p e r s o n , i t w i l l be a
d i s a s t e r . We need t o work w i t h K o f i on t h i s .
i s f i n d i n g t h e r i g h t person. fG4
My o n l y i n t e r e s t
Chancellor Schroeder: I t o t a l l y agree w i t h t h a t . But I wonder
i f we found a c l a s s i c a l manager, would he or she would have the
p o l i t i c a l s k i l l s and f e e l i n g necessary f o r the j o b . My
experience i s t h a t good managers have o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s k i l l s b u t
t h i s i s a h i g h l y complex p o l i t i c a l environment as w e l l . We have
a German expression which i s t h a t we need a e i g h t - l e g g e d warm
m i l k p i g . Obviously t h i s doesn't t r a n s l a t e but I t h i n k you get
the p o i n t . fG}
The P r e s i d e n t : I agree w i t h t h a t . We need someone w i t h s t r o n g
p o l i t i c a l s k i l l s , w i t h s t r o n g communications s k i l l s , and, o f
course, w i t h a s t a f f t h a t can do the day-to-day. But again,
t h a t person also needs a s t r o n g w i l l , energy, tremendous
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organizational skills and also the approach to go there and stay
there and let the world media come to him. He has to roll his
sleeves up. To bring people together, to be deeply committed —
I'd love to do this job. It's incredibly challenging and we
just have to find the right person. I understand the Europeans
don't want an American. I don't care about the nationality, I
don't care where he is from. If all of us could say to Kofi —
this is what we want: a strong person, real organizational
skills, don't make a political decision — that would be very
helpful.
m
Chancellor Schroeder: We have also got t o move forward on the
S t a b i l i t y Pact f o r t h e r e g i o n .
The President:
There i s a Donor's Conference next month, r i g h t ?
Chancellor Schroeder: Yes, we have t o do t h i s s p e e d i l y ,
p o s s i b l y as e a r l y as next month. fG}
The P r e s i d e n t : Let me ask you t o t h i n k about something. F i r s t ,
I recognize t h i s i s r e a l l y about what t h e EU wishes t o do. But
there are two t h i n g s I t h i n k i t would be good t o t h i n k about.
F i r s t , we need t o get t h e Balkans more i n t e g r a t e d among
themselves. Then, we need t o push i n t e g r a t i o n i n t o Europe over
time, i n c l u d i n g i n t o our s e c u r i t y system. I went back and
s t u d i e d what we d i d w i t h Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic
a f t e r the B e r l i n Wall f e l l . And I also looked back a t the
M a r s h a l l Plan. So l e t me suggest a couple o f ideas — and l e t
me a l s o make c l e a r t h a t w h i l e I t h i n k the lead has t o be w i t h
the EU and the i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s on the
f i n a n c i a l side we w i l l do our share. fG}
I n the M a r s h a l l Plan, one o f the smartest t h i n g s they d i d was t o
say t h a t the major c o n d i t i o n f o r g e t t i n g money beyond democracy
i s t h a t r e c i p i e n t s have t o get together and d e f i n e t h e i r needs
as a group. They need t o come together t o d e f i n e t h e i r f u t u r e .
So i n a d d i t i o n t o the Donors' Conference, i t s seems t o me t h a t
g e t t i n g t h e leaders o f the Balkans together w i t h us soon, i n the
r e g i o n , and t o say t o them you need t o assume r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ,
t e l l us how you want t o a l l o c a t e funds, and what your p r i o r i t i e s
are — t h i s would be an important t h i n g t o do and r e a l i n c e n t i v e
t o get them t o work more c l o s e l y t o g e t h e r . fG}
Second, we need t o examine whether t h e r e are other t h i n g s we can
put on t h e t a b l e i n terms o f i n t e g r a t i o n . Should we move up
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r i g h t away, maybe a customs union. We need t o c r e a t e an
environment i n which t h e people o f the r e g i o n look forward t o
the f u t u r e and create i n c e n t i v e s t o get them moving forward.
Anyway, i f you t h i n k i t i s a good idea, maybe we can t r y and
move forward w i t h a meeting of leaders i n the r e g i o n sometime
d u r i n g t h e next 30-60 days. I ' l l d e f e r t o you, b u t t h i n k about
t h i s , we j u s t cannot a f f o r d t o lose the peace. fe}
Chancellor Schroeder: I very much agree e s p e c i a l l y about
g e t t i n g leaflers. „tO-a£.thex-in_th.e^-r££[i.Q.n-. I t h i n k t h i s i s a ve»rv
good idea.
Now about b r i n g i n g c o u n t r i e s i n t o the EU. I have t o t e l l you
t h e r e i s such a backlog t h a t i t w i l l be hard t o add them t o the
list.
But ideas l i k e a customs union o r a s s o c i a t i o n agreements
are important and we should pursue them. (€}
The President: One t h i n g t o t h i n k about i s t h a t doing i t as a
group, n o t j u s t i n d i v i d u a l n a t i o n s , can get these c o u n t r i e s t o
work t o g e t h e r , even though, o f course, there are dramatic
d i f f e r e n c e s among them. I t would create a group psychology. We
need t o s e t up a system i n which c o u n t r i e s are rewarded f o r
working t o g e t h e r t o t e l l them w e ' l l work w i t h you i f you work
w i t h each o t h e r . f€}
Chancellor Schroeder: Yes, I t h i n k t h i s i s an i n t e r e s t i n g idea
and we should t a l k some more about i t . But f o r now I am a f r a i d
we w i l l have t o end t h i s d i s c u s s i o n o r else t h e two o f us w i l l
be accused o f keeping everyone else w a i t i n g t o s t a r t t h e Summit,
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Kohl (U)
PARTICIPANTS
The P r e s i d e n t
Former C h a n c e l l o r Kohl
I n t e r p r e t e r : B i r g i t t a Richman
N o t e t a k e r s : Jenny McGee, George C h a s t a i n ,
Robert Ford, J o e l E h r e n d r e i c h and Roger
Merletti
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The P r e s i d e n t :
June 2 1 , 1999, 7:30 - 7:34 a.m. EDT
A i r Force One
H i , Helmut.
I j u s t c a l l e d t o say h e l l o .
(U)
Former C h a n c e l l o r Kohl: W e l l , B i l l , thank you v e r y much. I
hope you're d o i n g w e l l , and please a l s o say h e l l o t o your w i f e .
I hope you had a good t i m e i n Germany. (U)
The P r e s i d e n t : I had a w o n d e r f u l t i m e . I am so r e l i e v e d we
worked t h r o u g h o u r problems w i t h Y e l t s i n .
He seemed i n a good
frame o f mind. (^f
Former C h a n c e l l o r K o h l : I a l s o had t h a t i m p r e s s i o n . I t a l k e d
t o him and t o l d him over and over t h a t he had t o t o e t h e l i n e
now. You know, B i l l , you have t o d i s c u s s as much as p o s s i b l e
w i t h him. E v e r y t h i n g you can n a i l down now you have s e t t l e d .
You don't know how t h i n g s a r e going t o work o u t w i t h h i s
successor. ( p f
The P r e s i d e n t : Yes. I t o l d him y e s t e r d a y we have t o f i n i s h
t h i s n u c l e a r work, because he can't a f f o r d t o l e t h i s successor
throw i t a l l away.
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Former Chancellor Kohl: Very good. If you think I can do
something from here, let me know, because everything you can do
now is work well done. ytf
The President:
Yes, I understand.
Former Chancellor Kohl:
(U)
Are you going d i r e c t l y home?
(U)
The President: No, I'm on the way t o Slovenia, then Macedonia,
and then I'm going home. (U)
Former Chancellor Kohl: That is very good. Say some good
things to the two in Slovenia and Macedonia; they need
encouragement. And I think especially in Slovenia, things are
going to develop well. y£)
The President: I think so, too. (J?)
Former Chancellor Kohl: B i l l , I am going t o get i n touch w i t h
you i n two weeks or so i n Washington. (U)
The President: Oh, that's great. I would love t o hear from
you. I look forward t o hearing from you then, Helmut. (U)
Former Chancellor Kohl:
The President:
Thank you very much, and goodbye.
Thank you, Helmut.
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
United States-European Summit — R e s t r i c t e d
Session (U)
PARTICIPANTS
United States
The President
Madeleine A l b r i g h t , Secretary o f State
Samuel R. Berger, A s s i s t a n t t o t h e President
for National Security A f f a i r s
Antony B l i n k e n , Special A s s i s t a n t t o t h e
President and Senior D i r e c t o r f o r
European A f f a i r s
European Union
Gerhard Schroeder, Chancellor
Jacques Santer, President o f t h e European
Commission
Joschka Fischer, Foreign M i n i s t e r
Michael S t e i n e r , N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y Advisor
S i r Leon B r i t t a n , European Commissioner
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
June 21, 1999, 9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
P a l a i s Schaumberg,
Bonn, Germany
Chancellor Schroeder: Welcome, Mr. President. I am very
pleased t o see you i n t h i s s p e c i a l place where Adenauer r u l e d
t h i s country. I was happy t o be able t o show you h i s personal
office.
I must say i t i s much a i r i e r and l i g h t e r than the
o f f i c e t h a t I work i n r i g h t now. As you know, we've spent the
l a s t few days d i s c u s s i n g problems between Europe and t h e U n i t e d
S t a t e s . I t h i n k we've covered l o t s o f ground. Today, I thought
t h e r e were some p o i n t s t h a t we could discuss f o r f u r t h e r
c o o r d i n a t i o n . Maybe we can s t a r t w i t h the question o f how
Europe and t h e United States should deal w i t h the problem o f
Kosovo. We've o b v i o u s l y seen some very important progress; the
H e l s i n k i Agreement, which continued the G-8 success, and
progress i n d e m i l i t a r i z a t i o n w i t h t h e UCK. These are important
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achievements. Now, we need t o j o i n t l y address t h e problem o f
r e c o n s t r u c t i o n , n o t j u s t f o r Kosovo but f o r a l l o f t h e Balkans,
as the S t a b i l i t y Pact e s t a b l i s h e s . fe)
As t o t h e Leaders' Conference t h a t you have proposed, we a l l
agree on the need t o move forward. I would propose as an
a p p r o p r i a t e venue, Sarajevo, and t h a t we move q u i c k l y as e a r l y
as J u l y . We have t o t h i n k about the contexts depending on who
hosts t h e Conference. I f t h e EU does i t , then the i n v i t a t i o n s
must be extended by the Finns who w i l l assume the Presidency.
I f we p u t i t under a G-8 umbrella, then we can extend t h e
i n v i t a t i o n s . fG-)
S e c u r i t y Advisor Michael S t e i n e r : A h t i s a a r i could issue the
i n v i t a t i o n s . Maybe we can ask him. fe)
The P r e s i d e n t : Yes, we should. I t h i n k i t would be b e t t e r t o
do t h i s i n J u l y given a l l the f a s t moving events. I t h i n k the
message should be: we're there f o r them b u t also t h a t they need
to work t o g e t h e r and t h e sooner they do so, the b e t t e r . fG-)
Chancellor Schroeder: We need t o t a l k t o A h t i s a a r i and organize
t h i s w i t h t h e Finns. fe}
President Santer: With the EU, we are p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r a
r e c o n s t r u c t i o n program f o r Kosovo. We are s e t t i n g up an agency
to handle t h i s . We're also p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e a s s o c i a t i o n o f
Macedonia and A l b a n i a . I t i s important t o i n v o l v e t h e whole
r e g i o n . A l b a n i a has a longer way t o go because o f the problem
of i n s t i t u t i o n b u i l d i n g . But we are working on t h i s — although
we must be c l e a r i t i s n o t f o r tomorrow.
fG-)
The Agency t h a t we are c r e a t i n g would take t h e l e a d f o r Kosovo
r e c o n s t r u c t i o n t o c o o r d i n a t e humanitarian assistance and
p h y s i c a l r e c o n s t r u c t i o n programs. I t h i n k i t would be good t o
l o c a t e i t i n t h e r e g i o n , i f p o s s i b l e i n P r i s t i n a because the
refugees are coming back and we need t o have t h e presence o f
t h i s agency on t h e ground. I hope t h e Commission w i l l g i v e us a
green l i g h t soon t o e s t a b l i s h the agency. Meanwhile, we are
sending i n 20 c i v i l servants t o a c t as l i a i s o n s . We have t r i e d
to l e a r n from the lessons o f Bosnia. We need t o move s w i f t l y ,
to s i m p l i f y the f i n a n c i a l r e g u l a t i o n s . This agency i s t h e
answer. We w i l l also take a lead i n o r g a n i z i n g the process o f
the Donors' Conferences. (G}
Chancellor Schroeder: There i s one question t o r a i s e again t h a t
we have a l r e a d y discussed and t h a t i s the r e l a t i o n s h i p between
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the European Union and Turkey.
EO 13526 1.4b, EO 13526 1.4d
The P r e s i d e n t : The f a c t t h a t you made t h i s i n i t i a t i v e i s very
i m p o r t a n t and I s t r o n g l y support i t .
I've always b e l i e v e d t h a t
i f Turkey b e l i e v e d i t had r e a l i s t i c prospects f o r e n t e r i n g the
EU, t h i s would create c r i t i c a l leverage t o help r e s o l v e human
r i g h t problems and i t s d i f f e r e n c e w i t h Greece. So what you've
done i s very h e l p f u l . f€-)
I n t h e end, I t h i n k
we need t o p u t a l l o f t h i s i n t o a l a r g e r c o n t e x t ; t h e Aegean,
human r i g h t s , Cyprus, and the r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h Europe. (G)
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President Santer:
For us, t h i s i s important also because o f the
n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h Cyprus. I t would be d i f f i c u l t t o have a
d i v i d e d i s l a n d i n the EU. fG-)
The P r e s i d e n t : I agree w i t h t h a t . I f we can make progress on
Cyprus, I b e l i e v e t h e Greeks would remove t h e i r o b j e c t i o n s t o
Turkey i n the EU. This week, there was a good s i g n w i t h Turkey
d e c i d i n g t o take the m i l i t a r y judges o f f o f t h e s p e c i a l c o u r t
panels. f&)
Chancellor Schroeder:
Foreign M i n i s t e r Fischer: There i s also i n the wider
environment, i n the European Parliament, a vast m a j o r i t y f o r
having t h e human r i g h t s l i n e , e s p e c i a l l y the Scandinavians, b u t
also now I t a l y .
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There i s a d i f f e r e n c e i n
p e r c e p t i o n between the United States and Europe r e g a r d i n g the
f i n a l sentence and the death p e n a l t y . fe-)
Chancellor Schroeder:
Foreign M i n i s t e r Fischer
I n the end, we need a comprehensive deal t h a t
i n v o l v e s Cyprus, the Aegean, human r i g h t s , the Turks i n Europe.
We need t o work very c l o s e l y w i t h them. We have an i m p o r t a n t
m i l i t a r y r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h the Turks so we can p l a y an important
role.
But a t t h e same time, we have c o n s t r a i n t s because o f t h a t
r e l a t i o n s h i p . But together, we might have enough leverage t o
move t h i n g s forward. Now i s a good time because o f Kosovo. As
a r e s u l t , Greece and Turkey are working t o g e t h e r . But the t r i a l
complicates m a t t e r s . We need a sustained e f f o r t . I t ' s crazy t o
have t h i s c o n f l i c t over Cyprus. f&)
Michael S t e i n e r : I l i k e your idea o f a comprehensive approach
and t h e U n i t e d States and Europe working t o g e t h e r . The time
might be r i g h t i n September. I t would a l l o w us t o take a step
forward a t t h e next EU Summit. fG}
The President: I am prepared over the next 18 months t o spend a
l o t o f time on t h i s . And, o f course, I have appointed a number
of s p e c i a l envoys. But I t h i n k n e i t h e r o f us has enough
leverage t o do i t alone. We need t o do i t t o g e t h e r . The bottom
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l i n e i s that I do not believe the Cyprus stalemate i s worth the
cost that i t imposes on either side. fe)
National Security Advisor Berger: I f I can add one thing and
with a l l respect, I have watched the EU f o r six years on Turkey.
Nothing has happened. Now the change i n German views i s a very
important development. But the Greeks are blocking things. I f
Turkey r e a l l y does embrace human r i g h t s requirements, can i t
t r u l y be put i n the queue for the EU, or w i l l i t always be i n
back of the line? f&)
EO 13526 1.4b, EO 13526 1.4cl
President Santer:
I t i s important for us to deal w i t h Cyprus on a
poTTtical l e v e l . We w i l l be f i n i s h i n g a Progress report i n
September.
Foreign Minister Fischer: The S t a b i l i t y Pact can help. The
Greeks and Turks realize that thev are neighbors i n a region and
thev have common interests.
Secretary Albright: Of course, Turkey will also be the Chairman
in office of the OSCE. m
Sir Leon B r i t t a n :
i n the queue.
R e a l i s t i c a l l y , we can give them a real place
The President:
Anyway, I think we need to work t h i s i n the f a l l ,
p u t t i n g a l l the cards on the table. fG}
Secretary A l b r i g h t : There are also the confidence-building
measures that Solana i s working on.
The President:
When i s Solana taking his new post?
Security Advisor Michael Steiner:
This f a l l .
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The President:
General.
fG}
Well, we need t o move on a new NATO Secretary
Let me j u s t ask two other t h i n g s about Kosovo. F i r s t , as I have
s a i d t o t h e Chancellor already, i t i s v i t a l l y important t h a t we
p i c k o r t h a t t h e UN p i c k the r i g h t person f o r c i v i l
implementation.
I r a i s e d t h i s w i t h Chirac and w i t h Jospin.
Jospin i s proposing Kouschner. I don't know i f he i s good, but
he sounds l i k e he might be the r i g h t s o r t o f person.
We need
someone w i t h i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a t u r e , who can speak w e l l , b u t most
of a l l who can get t h i n g s done. There must be German business
person.
This should not be a handout f o r p o l i t i c a l reasons. We
a l l need t o work K o f i on t h i s . fG}
Chancellor Schroeder: The second t h i n g on the agenda i s who i s
the r i g h t person t o be the European Union c o o r d i n a t o r f o r the
S t a b i l i t y Pact? I t h i n k whoever i t i s needs the same q u a l i t i e s
t h a t you described. fG}
The President: Yes, I see we need two d i f f e r e n t people -- one
f o r Kosovo, t h e other f o r the S t a b i l i t y Pact. What i s t h e
t i m e t a b l e ? fG}
N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y Advisor Berger: The United Nations has the
lead on Kosovo, i n p i c k i n g what w i l l amount t o a procounsel who
w i l l be charged w i t h overseeing r e c o n s t r u c t i o n , i n c l u d i n g t h e
economic, p o l i t i c a l s e c u r i t y and refugee r e t u r n issues. fG}
Michael S t e i n e r : And t h e other i s the S t a b i l i t y Pact, which the
EU w i l l c o n t r o l . fe}
Secretary A l b r i g h t :
Who do you have i n mind?
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Foreign M i n i s t e r Fischer: Let me add a l s o , t h a t we need someone
f o r Bosnia t o replace Westendorf. We need t o make a l l o f these
d e c i s i o n s q u i c k l y . E s p e c i a l l y w i t h the UCK t r y i n g t o f i l l the
vacuum i n Kosovo. I hope we can s i g n t h e S t a b i l i t y Pact i n
Sarajevo a t t h e heads-of-state l e v e l . But before then, we need
t o f i n d t h e r i g h t people o f h i g h q u a l i t y w i t h quick d e c i s i o n s .
fG}
The P r e s i d e n t :
So what i s your t h i n k i n g ?
Chancellor Schroeder:
at t h e moment. fG}
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We don't r e a l l y have concrete
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Secretary A l b r i g h t : Can I make a p i t c h f o r A h t i s a a r i f o r t h e
S t a b i l i t y Pact. He leaves o f f i c e as President i n January o r
February.
He w i l l be heading the EU. He knows the problems
w e l l because he has been i n Bosnia. I t h i n k he would be very
s t r o n g , b u t I know t h a t Joschka doesn't t h i n k t h i s i s a good
idea.
Foreign M i n i s t e r Fischer: My only concern i s t h a t the f i r s t s i x
months are key and i t would be good t o have the permanent person
i n place r i g h t away. f€-)
Secretary A l b r i g h t : What i f we got someone t o work w i t h him
d u r i n g t h i s time? (U)
Michael S t e i n e r :
anyway. fe)
H e ' l l be deeply i n v o l v e d i n the EU Presidency
Foreign M i n i s t e r Fischer: Whoever i t i s must l i v e i n Kosovo.
Or a t l e a s t i n Sarajevo. f G)
Secretary A l b r i g h t :
him. fG}
He i s such an asset, we r e a l l y need t o use
Foreign M i n i s t e r Fischer:
another name. f G)
I f you don't l i k e B i l d t , we w i l l need
The P r e s i d e n t : My o n l y problem w i t h him i s t h a t he was gone t o o
much i n Bosnia. f G)
N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y Advisor Berger:
He had very good d e p u t i e s .
f€J
The P r e s i d e n t :
Michael, do you t h i n k we need B i l d t ?
Michael S t e i n e r : Let's w a i t f o r a week on t h i s .
ourselves a week t o make these d e c i s i o n s . fG-)
fe)
Let's g i v e
The P r e s i d e n t : Let me j u s t emphasize t h i s i s n o t a p u b l i c i t y
job, i t ' s a working j o b , i n place. The media w i l l come t o
whoever t h i s person i s . With the S t a b i l i t y Pact, i t ' s ok t o
have a h i g h . p r o f i l e person and he o r she could work o u t s i d e t h e
area. fG}
N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y Advisor Berger: One o t h e r p o s s i b i l i t y i s
Paddy Ashdown, He's very t a l e n t e d . But I recognize i t would be
hard t o have B r i t s i n two j o b s . fe)
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Chancellor Schroeder: Well, I think our time has run out on the
r e s t r i c t e d session and I am determined to keep you on schedule.
Why don't we move into the other room to meet with our
ministers.
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SUBJECT:
U.S.-European Union Summit —
Session (U)
PARTICIPANTS
United States
The President
Secretary A l b r i g h t , Secretary o f State
Charlene Barshefsky, Ambassador, United
States Trade Representative
Ambassador John Kornblum, Ambassador t o
Germany
Ambassador Richard Morningstar, Ambassador
to the European Union
Steven R i c c h e t t i , Deputy Chief o f S t a f f
Samuel R. Berger, A s s i s t a n t t o t h e President
for National Security A f f a i r s
Gene S p e r l i n g , A s s i s t a n t t o the President
f o r Economics
David Aaron, Under Secretary o f Commerce
S t u a r t E i z e n s t a t , Under Secretary o f State
Lael Brainard, Deputy A s s i s t a n t t o the
President f o r Economics
Antony J. Blinken, Special A s s i s t a n t t o the
President and Senior D i r e c t o r f o r
Europe, NSC
Lawrence B u t l e r , D i r e c t o r o f European
A f f a i r s , NSC S t a f f (notetaker)
Plenary
Germany
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
Joschka Fischer, Foreign M i n i s t e r
Werner Mueller, Economics M i n i s t e r
Michael S t e i n e r , Chancellery D i p l o m a t i c
Advisor
Klaus Grestchmann, Chancellery Head f o r
Economics
Uwe-Karsten Heye, Chancellery Spokesperson
Franz K u d l i c h , European Council S e c r e t a r i a t
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President Jacques Santer, European
Commission
S i r Leon B r i t t a n , Vice President
Hans-Friedrich Beseler, D i r e c t o r General
Hugo Paemen, Washington EC Delegation head
Ivan Rogers, Head of S i r Leon B r i t t a n ' s
Office
C h r i s t i n e Roger, Counselor t o the President
DATE, TIME
PLACE:
June 21, 1999, 10:40 - 11:10 a.m.
K a b i n e t t s a a l , Schaumburg Palace, Bonn,
Germany
Chancellor Schroeder: Let's get s t a r t e d . I would l i k e t o
i n v i t e our m i n i s t e r s t o r e p o r t on t h e i r meeting. (U)
Charlene Barshefsky:
F i r s t , I would l i k e t o say what a pleasure
i t has been working w i t h S i r Leon B r i t t a n .
I have great
personal a f f e c t i o n f o r S i r Leon. (U)
We met over the past hour t o review the progress towards
implementation o f the T r a n s a t l a n t i c Economic P a r t n e r s h i p . We
welcomed the i n i t i a t i v e t o launch a p i l o t p r o j e c t on
b i o t e c h n o l o g y and noted progress on the s e r v i c e s framework
agreement. There we agreed t h a t we should i n c l u d e engineering
and insurance. We spent time t a l k i n g about c o o r d i n a t i n g on
r e g u l a t o r y cooperation and the d e s i r a b i l i t y o f c r e a t i n g a
s c i e n t i f i c panel, i n c l u d i n g consumer NGOs, t o deal w i t h food
s a f e t y issues. fG}
We a l s o discussed the importance o f science f o r the r e g u l a t o r y
process. WTO r u l e s a l l o w f o r p r e c a u t i o n a r y measures when the
science i s u n c e r t a i n , b u t we cannot apply p r e c a u t i o n i n every
i n s t a n c e . f€}
Regarding t h e upcoming S e a t t l e WTO m i n i s t e r i a l , we agreed t o
s t r i v e f o r a three-year round, and make progress on l a b o r and
environmental aspects o f t r a d e . Other c e n t r a l areas w i l l be
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , e s p e c i a l l y t r a n s p o r t a t i o n and government
procurement, e l e c t r o n i c commerce, and a c c e l e r a t e d t a r i f f
l i b e r a l i z a t i o n . f&)
We noted t h e importance o f i n v o l v i n g the f r o n t l i n e s t a t e s
(Kosovo) i n t h e WTO. We are already p r o v i d i n g t e c h n i c a l
assistance t o A l b a n i a and C r o a t i a i n t h e i r b i d t o j o i n ; should
extend t o Macedonia. fe)
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M i n i s t e r M u e l l e r : Thank you, Charlene and the American
d e l e g a t i o n f o r your e f f o r t s today. Regarding food s a f e t y , i t i s
hard t o separate the s c i e n t i f i c aspects from consumer f e a r s i n
the debate.
Though we s t r i v e f o r transparency, we must expect
to get u n s c i e n t i f i c questions from consumers. I b e l i e v e t h i s
w i l l enable a l l sides t o f i n d agreement.
We do agree l a r g e l y on the goals f o r t h e WTO round, where a
p r i o r i t y i s g r e a t e r transparency. The NGO community w i l l take
i n t o account i n c r e a s i n g l y the o v e r a l l aims o f the trade round.
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S i r Leon B r i t t a n :
( o f f e r s personal remarks about h i s
r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h Charlene Barshefsky and o t h e r U.S. o f f i c i a l s )
I t h i n k t h a t the tone on both sides shows understanding on our
mutual t r a d e problems. I t i s a good s i g n t h a t we are reducing
megaphone diplomacy.
(U)
On beef hormones, t h e s o l u t i o n i s on market-opening, n o t marketc l o s i n g measures. Americans should n o t be deprived o f European
commodities.
(U)
The T r a n s a t l a n t i c Economic P a r t n e r s h i p has helped i n t h i s
regard, f o s t e r i n g cooperation t o k i c k - s t a r t the S e a t t l e
m u l t i l a t e r a l t a l k s . We have a more comprehensive view than you
on the new round. We need t o have more on t h e agenda o r we w i l l
not get t h e developing n a t i o n s i n v o l v e d p o s i t i v e l y . We should
t r y t o g e t an agreement on investment, a v o i d i n g the mistakes o f
the M u l t i l a t e r a l Agreement on Investment (MAI); i n s t e a d we
should seek a more modest agreement on the r u l e s o f c o m p e t i t i o n
— t h i s i s e s p e c i a l l y important f o r d e a l i n g w i t h Japan. fe}
| I propose
t h a t we make i n f o r m a l c a l l s among the key c o u n t r i e s t o f i n d an
acceptable candidate. fG}
The P r e s i d e n t : Thank you.
you have undertaken on food
i n t e n s i t y of p u b l i c f e e l i n g
long-term negative impact.
I appreciate the c o n s t r u c t i v e work
issues. The combination o f
and u n c e r t a i n t y has p o t e n t i a l f o r a
fe}
I would l i k e t o echo Charlene's words on S i r Leon. He has been
a worthy adversary.
I w i l l miss harassing him over bananas! (U)
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Chancel lor Schroeder! You still have President Chirac to argue
with.
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The President:
(laughs)
Chancellor Schroeder: I would l i k e t o review the proposals on
the t a b l e now, the Bonn D e c l a r a t i o n and the D e c l a r a t i o n on
Ukraine.
Regarding Ukraine, we adopt i t w i t h a cautious
f o r m u l a t i o n . We asked f o r t h a t change because o f our p a r l i a m e n t
(Bundestag).
I t u r n t o S i r Leon f o r comments on t h e E a r l y
Warning D e c l a r a t i o n . fG}
S i r Leon B r i t t a n : The E a r l y Warning paper i s an important step
forward. With proper a t t e n t i o n t o e a r l y warning, we can n i p
problems i n the bud. For our p a r t , r e g a r d i n g h u s h k i t s , i f we
had known, we could have defused the issue e a r l i e r . On your
side, r e g a r d i n g ( i n d u s t r i a l ) f a s t e n e r s and the 211 A p p r o p r i a t i o n
b i l l could have been d e a l t w i t h . But, e a r l y warning cannot
solve the problem, but i t can increase the chances o f success.
We are n o t c r e a t i n g a new s t r u c t u r e w i t h t h i s . We w i l l employ
i t a t a l l l e v e l s . We p l a n t o p u t i n t o every piece o f Commission
l e g i s l a t i o n a requirement t o study impact on EU t r a d i n g
p a r t n e r s . R e c i p r o c a l l y , we need t o be aware o f t h i n g s i n
Congress. fG}
Secretary A l b r i g h t : The Bonn D e c l a r a t i o n sets out a v i s i o n f o r
our p a r t n e r s h i p i n t o the 2 1 Century. I t i s not h o r t a t o r y , but
makes a c o n s t r u c t i v e c o n t r i b u t i o n t o our r e l a t i o n s h i p .
Separately, may I o f f e r our welcome f o r J a v i e r Solana's
appointment as your High Representative f o r Foreign and S e c u r i t y
Policy? (U)
s t
On e a r l y warning, t h i s i s an important i n i t i a t i v e t o help us
r e s o l v e d i s p u t e s more q u i c k l y . I t i s forward l o o k i n g .
(U)
Ukraine,
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a l l o f us. They have t o deal w i t h an u n i t e d Europe and
increasing democratization.
] I t i s high on our l i s t o f c o u n t r i e s where we want t o
push democracy. f€-)
The Senior Level Group r e p o r t summarizes, c o r r e c t l y , the
p r i o r i t i e s f o r the coming s i x months. I t i s a t r i b u t e t o Stu
E i z e n s t a t , who i s moving t o Treasury a t t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e
President. This i s one t h i n g I cannot f o r g i v e t h e President
f o r . (U)
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Under Secretary E i z e n s t a t :
I want t o pay t r i b u t e t o President
Santer.
He has been a t r u e champion o f the t r a n s a t l a n t i c
dialogue these past f i v e years. (U)
I t i s i m p e r a t i v e f o r the coming December U.S.-EU Summit t h a t the
Senior Level Group continue t o be s p e c i f i c about i t s goals. The
next s i x months w i l l be c r i t i c a l t o the S t a b i l i t y Pact i n
Southeastern Europe as we attempt t o b r i n g i t i n t o the EuroA t l a n t i c mainstream. No other r e l a t i o n s h i p comes c l o s e . We
a p p r e c i a t e t h e EU load, t a k i n g the l i o n ' s share o f the
a s s i s t a n c e burden. I t i s important how we cooperate i n t h e
s h o r t - t e r m , e s p e c i a l l y on decisions l i k e Serbian s a n c t i o n s . We
won t h e war. Now we have t o win the peace. fe-)
On data p r i v a c y , I c o n g r a t u l a t e t h e important work David Aaron
and John Mogg have done; l i k e w i s e on T h i r d Generation w i r e l e s s
issues. We have some remaining problems. Biotechnology i s a
systemic one. The f e a r i n Europe i s unfounded. You need an
FDA-process t o t e s t products. I t i s c r i t i c a l t h a t Europe
develop mechanism t o calm p u b l i c s . As Charlene s a i d , we must
begin dialogues. fG}
We look forward t o the F i n n i s h presidency and cooperating on
n o r t h e a s t e r n Europe/Northwest Russia. We each have s i m i l a r
i n i t i a t i v e s , which can form the basis f o r recommendations. f G)
Foreign M i n i s t e r Fischer: On b e h a l f o f t h e German presidency, I
thank the American side f o r i t s cooperation. The Bonn
D e c l a r a t i o n i s a good p l a t f o r m f o r cooperation. The Kosovo war,
w i t h a l l i t s t e r r i b l e consequences, r e s u l t e d i n more i n t e n s i v e
U.S.-EU c o o p e r a t i o n . I t would be a p o l i t i c a l e r r o r i f i t were
now allowed t o go t o waste. The S t a b i l i t y Pact has i m p l i c a t i o n s
f o r t h e t r a n s a t l a n t i c r e l a t i o n s h i p , i f we succeed.
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The E a r l y Warning i n i t i a t i v e i s t h e r i g h t d i r e c t i o n on t r a d e
d i s p u t e s . I t i s hard t o e x p l a i n how we can have c o o p e r a t i o n on
war, b u t have c o n f l i c t s on t r a d e . (U)
We i n t e n d t o keep working on Ukraine.
I t i s n o t easy
f o r our Ukraine p a r t n e r s . This i s a chance f o r Kiev and we
cannot r e l a x . The idea i s a b o u t ' i n t e g r a t i o n , change over
t i m i n g . We want t o be t h e i r s t r a t e g i c p a r t n e r s . fG}
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I wanted t o r a i s e changes i n the Helms-Burton Act. We need
waivers as we c o n f r o n t , together, p o l i t i c a l challenges,
organized crime, s o - c a l l e d c r i m i n a l s t a t e s , e t c . O v e r a l l , we
have t h e c l o s e s t , t r u s t i n g cooperation on Kosovo; t h e war can be
used t o s t r e n g t h e n our e f f o r t s together. fe)
President Santer:
The New T r a n s a t l a n t i c Agenda (NTA), agreed i n
1995, had important i m p l i c a t i o n s f o r a more e f f e c t i v e
p a r t n e r s h i p . Then the EU introduced changes w i t h t h e Amsterdam
Treaty. The NTA f i r s t recognized the EU as a s e c u r i t y p a r t n e r .
Now the Bonn D e c l a r a t i o n acknowledges t h e EU's s t a t u s as a f u l l
and equal p a r t n e r . This i s a challenge f o r us t o l i v e up t o .
(U)
Under my presidency, the EU achieved monetary union and a common
European currency. We also began the EU enlargement process.
There are s i x accession candidates. Under t h e F i n n i s h
presidency, there w i l l be progress r e p o r t s as some w i l l be
b e t t e r than others i n t h e i r p r e p a r a t i o n s . Each w i l l be
c r i t i c i z e d on i t s own m e r i t s . But, g e n e r a l l y , a l l are on a good
t r a c k . I hope t h a t H e l s i n k i (the semi-annual European Council
meeting) w i l l go a step f u r t h e r ; we have t o solve the
Cyprus/Turkey problem. We need t o enter the new m i l l e n n i u m w i t h
new EU members, reform o f our i n s t i t u t i o n s — we are c u r r e n t l y
at the margin o f e f f e c t i v e n e s s w i t h 15; the i n s t i t u t i o n s were
c r e a t e d f o r s i x . This i s an important challenge i f the EU i s t o
remain e f f e c t i v e and e f f i c i e n t . fG}
Chancellor Schroeder: We are approaching the end o f t h e time
a l l o t t e d f o r t h i s meeting.
I f there i s no more d i s c u s s i o n , I
d e c l a r e t h e t h r e e documents a d o p t e d .
fG-)
The P r e s i d e n t : I want t o say a f i n a l word. I a p p r e c i a t e t h e
l e a d e r s h i p o f Jacques Santer.
I also want t o welcome our new
Ambassador t o the EU, Dick Morningstar. Thank you, Chancellor
Schroeder, f o r your e f f o r t s d u r i n g the German Presidency.
(U)
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Telcon w i t h F i r s t M i n i s t e r Designate Trimble
(U)
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Designate Trimble
Notetakers:
Jarosinski
DATE, TIME
PLACE:
The President:
Sean Tarver and Frank
June 30, 1999 - 11:06 - 11:13 p.m. EDT
A i r Force One
David, can you hear me?
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble:
(U)
Yes, I can. (U)
The President: Well, I am glad you have resumed your good
sleeping h a b i t s . (U)
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble:
The President:
I d i d n ' t hear you c l e a r l y .
(U)
I said you are p u l l i n g another a l l nighter?
(U)
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble: Yes. I t i s so l a t e a t n i g h t , but we
are about t o break here and come back l a t e r i n the morning a f t e r
a b i t of r e s t . (U)
The President: Well, I've been b r i e f e d by Tony B l a i r on the
s t a t e o f play. As I understand i t , Adams has said t h a t they
would p u b l i c l y commit t o decommission on DeChastelain's
schedule, which means a f i n i s h by the time described by the Good
Friday agreement and s t a r t by the end of the year. But they
want t o c o n d i t i o n that on going i n t o the government now because
they want t o r e l y e x c l u s i v e l y on the sequence i n the Good Friday
Accord; and you say your guys want proof that they are serious,
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achieve devolution only when they s t a r t decommissioning.
t h a t where we are?
Is
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble: Yes. (pf
The President: And t h a t you now have tabled two possible
a l t e r n a t i v e s , or you got those and w i l l present them i n the
morning. (pf
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble: Yes. I w i l l work up some a l t e r n a t i v e s
along those l i n e s and w i l l leave a few o u t l i n e ideas here
t o n i g h t . But, we are going t o have t o get people around when
t h e i r minds are reasonably clear, so they can work through the
d e t a i l s , some of which may involve quick decisions. But I want
to do t h a t i n the morning. This whole t h i n g comes down t o
sequencing, and i n a way, each side i s sure the other w i l l do
i t , which i s our concern. The time i n t e r v a l i s important,
otherwise we didn't t h i n k we could survive p o l i t i c a l l y . (^f
The President: Yes. For one t h i n g , I don't know i f you saw my
BBC i n t e r v i e w , but I said I hope your people would stay w i t h you
i f you made a f a i r agreement. (pf
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble: We don't intend t o walk away from i t .
The President: No one will be able to understand if it falls
apart on sequencing. But as you go home tonight, you guys can
wake me up in the middle of the night if you can think of
anything I can do or say that will either help you with your own
people by showing the United States will give you the high
ground by completely disavowing the other side, if they don't
keep their word, or if you can think of anything I can do to
persuade Sinn Fein to come closer to you. I will do that. I
know what position you are in. {jtf
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble: I very much appreciate t h a t .
i s a way, I w i l l come back t o you. (pT
I f there
The President: Let me say one other t h i n g . I spent a^ year, the
b e t t e r p a r t of i t — when wa^the Good Friday Accord'-^adopted —
more than a year, a l o t of time t r y i n g t o persuade Gerry Adams.
You were r i g h t about sequencing because a l l you wanted was t o
get him t o show good f a i t h , and I f a i l e d . And I f a i l e d , not
because of him, so much as because the IRA wants t o be seen as
to be decommissioning because the people they represent
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want to be seen as surrendering to you. They want to surrender
to the world or Irish Catholics who voted for the Accord. I
understand that. I think personally, they should do more. I
appreciate Trimble's political position and difficulties you
face. But I can tell you, I have worked harder than you know to
persuade them that the initial going-in position you had was a
right and reasonable position. And I have failed. On the other
hand, I don't think they want you to be deposed.
(g)
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble:
That i s r i g h t .
(JZf
The P r e s i d e n t :
I t h i n k he wants you t o p r e v a i l as a l e a d e r and
he wants t h i s t o work. So, i f t h e r e i s a n y t h i n g you can t h i n k
o f t h a t I can do t o p u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i n your c o r n e r , as
most o f your people t h i n k I have been t o o c l o s e t o them, o r
something I can g i v e t o him t o have him come c l o s e r t o you, you
can wake me i n t h e middle o f t h e n i g h t . (j^T
First Minister Trimble: I will try not to disturb your sleep,
but I thank you very much for this call. (Off
The P r e s i d e n t : I r e a l l y admire you, David,
h e l p i f I can. yzf
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble:
The P r e s i d e n t :
Thank you v e r y much.
Okay, goodnight.
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Gerry Adams
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DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
Mr. Adams:
June 30, 1999, 11:31 - 11:52 p.m. EDT
A i r Force One
H e l l o , Mr. President.
The President:
Mr. Adams:
Sean Tarver and Frank
Gerry?
How are you?
(U)
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The President: I am g l a d t o see you decided t o go back t o
s l e e p i n g twelve hours a day. Do you guys ever go t o bed? You
know, my daughter wrote a paper on you at S t a n f o r d . D i d someone
t e l l you t h a t ? (U)
Mr. Adams:
No, I d i d n ' t know t h a t .
Was i t good?
(U)
The President: Yes, i t was good, but the p r o f e s s o r s a i d i t was
too f a v o r a b l e . However, they s a i d i t was supposed t o be an
academic exercise and should have been more balanced.
(U)
Mr. Adams:
Ask her t o send me a copy, i f you would.
(U)
The President: Okay, I w i l l .
I t was j u s t a s h o r t essay, not a
term paper, l i k e an eight-page paper. She c a l l e d me and I sent
her some s t u f f , and they gave her a l i t t l e g r i e f . The p r o f e s s o r
s a i d w h i l e her f a t h e r i s c e r t a i n l y a u t h o r i t a t i v e , he i s not
r e a l l y an academic source; you need t o be a l i t t l e more
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balanced. So I druituned up some a r t i c l e s , f i n d i n g one m i l d l y
c r i t i c a l o f you; i t was r e a l l y f u n . (U)
Look, I know you need t o get some sleep, but I wanted t o say a
couple o f t h i n g s . A l l o f t h i s you know, o f course, b u t i t took
me a long time t o understand your p o s i t i o n on t h i s sequencing
issue and why the IRA would consider i t wrong t o have t o do
decommissioning f o r Sinn Fein t o get i n the government.
I think
I understand i t now and how they f e e l . I t h i n k i t ' s important
t h a t your people know when you decommission t h a t i t ' s not
s u r r e n d e r i n g t o Unionism b u t t o the people who voted f o r the
Good Friday Accord. We a l l work f o r people we represent. I got
t h a t . fG}
On the o t h e r hand, no one w i l l understand, no one i n the w o r l d
or i n Northern I r e l a n d , i f t h i s comes apart over sequencing.
You and I know what the problem i s . As I understand i t , you
o f f e r e d t o support the process t o be developed by DeChastelain
which would have decommissioning completed by the date o f the
Good Friday Accord and would s t a r t before t h e end o f the year —
i f the r e s t o f the Accord i s implemented and Sinn Fein went i n t o
Executive. I s t h a t accurate? fG}
Mr. Adams:
Yes. fe}
The President: As I understand i t , the r e a l problem f o r Trimble
is —
I t a l k e d t o him — t h a t he would l i k e t o take t h a t , b u t
r i g h t now he i s v i r t u a l l y c e r t a i n i f he d i d , he would be
deposed. So we've got t o f i g u r e out how t o move forward; we
don't want t h a t t o happen, we've got t o f i g u r e some way o u t . I
t h i n k i t would be good f o r you t o get some sleep. I t h i n k
tomorrow he w i l l t a b l e a couple o f ideas. Based on my
understanding, I don't t h i n k you can accept e i t h e r one o f them,
but hope t h a t i n saying *no," and i f t h a t i s what you have t o
do, you f i g u r e o u t how t o keep pushing the b a l l forward. And i f
there i s a n y t h i n g I can do t o be h e l p f u l t o you, or him, when
you get up and s t a r t working, even though i t w i l l be the middle
of the n i g h t f o r me, I don't mind waking up. I f t h e r e i s
anything w i t h i n my l e g a l powers t o do, I w i l l do i t . I don't
want t o do i t now. I t h i n k you need t o t h i n k i t through. fG}
Mr. Adams: F i r s t o f a l l , I want t o thank you f o r your c a l l and
f o r your i n t e r e s t , which I know i s very genuine, v e r y emotional,
and r e a l . Secondly, what we put t o these people i s what M a r t i n
McGuinness discussed w i t h Jim Steinberg i n the White House on
May 5. We took t h a t and gave i t t o Tony and B e r t i e . fG}
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We a c t u a l l y got a deal done on the 14 o f May and an agreement
i n my presence.
The B r i t i s h Prime M i n i s t e r gave i t t o us and
Trimble walked away. We came back t o the idea and, we p u t i t t o
them today, i t was i n the general b a l l park you o u t l i n e d , b u t
f u r t h e r they r e j e c t e d i t . They s a i d "No." fe)
David Trimble sent h i s n e g o t i a t i n g team home w i t h o u t t e l l i n g
anyone an hour-and-a-half ago and adjourned the t a l k s . He w i l l
come back tomorrow and p u t together a proposal which we can't
accept. My concern a t the moment i s not David Trimble. My
concern i s Tony B l a i r . He's been very s o l i d i n terms o f a l l
t h i s b u t what Trimble needed today was t o be t o l d by the B r i t i s h
Prime M i n i s t e r very v i g o r o u s l y t h a t he had t o do t h i s .
I asked
to t a l k t o h i s team; they refused t o l e t us do i t and t h e i r team
won't go t o t h e i r people. fe}
This i s my p o s i t i o n which M a r t i n worked w i t h Jim and which we
have o u t l i n e d t o the U n i o n i s t s and everybody else i n v o l v e d .
They are going t o cause us t e r r i b l e t r o u b l e w i t h the Republicans
because they w i l l be o u t i n the news i n a day or two. Some say
Republican a c t i v i s t s w i l l not be able t o understand how we d i d
so and n o t get a n y t h i n g i n r e t u r n . I t h i n k t h e problems are
q u i t e worsened as a r e s u l t o f these past couple o f n i g h t s o f
n e g o t i a t i o n s . This i s the best they are going t o get. I j u s t
don't know what we can do, t o t e l l the t r u t h . fG-)
The P r e s i d e n t : Let me ask you t h i s . I want t o mention two key
thoughts, and t h i s i s something you don't need t o answer but
sleep on i t . One i s , I t h i n k i f B l a i r i s going t o do any good
w i t h them, he has t o get out o f the n e g o t i a t i n g session and and
go see Trimble's p a r t y leaders. fe-)
Mr. Adams:
I agree.
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
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The President: That i s o p t i o n one, o r some v a r i a t i o n o f i t .
Option two, and I know where t h i s i s going, tomorrow, when
Trimble puts something on the t a b l e t h a t changes sequencing i n
ways you can't accept, because you won't accept going i n t o a
shadow executive u n t i l f i r s t decommissioning occurs. B l a i r w i l l
ask i f t h e r e i s something he can do f o r you along these l i n e s i n
a way o f a guarantee; maybe even an a c t o f p a r l i a m e n t , which he
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the d e c i s i o n away from the U n i o n i s t s i n a sense t h a t Sinn Fein
no longer agrees t o p u t i t s f a i t h i n the hands of the U n i o n i s t s .
The thing I was impressed by in your last offer was your
willingness to be far more explicit than in the past in terms of
decommissioning. You may not be able to take what Tony wants to
do, which is to say, *Can you do these things if I take the
decision away from the Unionists by an act of parliament?" I
understand the difficulty with that, but I ask you to think
whether there is something else he can do by act of parliament.
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Mr. Adams: The Good Friday Accord guarantees us, and other
p a r t i e s w i t h mandates, the r i g h t t o p a r t i c i p a t e . You're t a l k i n g
about o r d i n a r y c i t i z e n s who pay taxes, who have been denied
t h e i r r i g h t s , t h e i r e n t i t l e m e n t s , and the U n i o n i s t s got away
w i t h t h i s f o r the l a s t twelve months d e s p i t e the governments are
saying t h e r e i s no p r e c o n d i t i o n s . The o n l y t h i n g t h a t i s going
t o move the U n i o n i s t s i s by your f i r s t o p t i o n . That i s a very
good o p t i o n . I j u s t don't know of any guarantee.
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The P r e s i d e n t : A l l I'm saying i s I'm a f r a i d t h a t Tony b e a t i n g
up on Trimble i s not enough because I t a l k e d t o some of those
guys and I know what t h e i r p o s i t i o n s are and I t h i n k they are
crazy enough t o take him down. I know i t ' s crazy on t h e i r p a r t
and they would be d i s c r e d i t e d by the w o r l d . Here i s what I
thought I could do. I s a i d t o the BBC i n t e r v i e w e r l a s t week
t h a t i t seems t o me t h a t i f B l a i r can f i g u r e out some way t o put
some heat on the guys behind Trimble, t h r e a t e n i n g him every step
of the way, and I make more e x p l i c i t the f a c t t h a t i f a l l t h i s
could be done along the l i n e s you t a l k about and f o r some reason
the IRA walks away from your commitment, then they could b r i n g
the government down and I would support them i n doing so. ' fG}
Mr. Adams:
I think a l l that i s useful.
fG)
The President: I know you and Trimble have both met and
c o n s c i o u s l y avoided mixing t h i s Drumcree business i n t o t h e t a l k s
but I can't help but wonder, given some o f the concessions by
the marchers, i f t h e r e i s something you can do t o help them w i t h
t h a t and whatever. I f you d i d , he might be w i l l i n g t o take more
r i s k h i m s e l f . I n the end, Gerry, no matter what Tony does or
what I say, Trimble, t o get a deal, i s going t o have t o take
some r i s k s . You are going t o take a w o r l d o f crap. We can't
immunize him from a l l t h a t r i s k . You can be n e u t r a l i z e d , but he
can be deposed. I got t o f i g u r e out i f something can be done
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t h a t he could h o l d up as a f l a g , o f h i s bona f i d e s .
don't want t o mix b u t . . . fe)
I know you
Mr. Adams: We a c t u a l l y have experience i n t h a t s i t u a t i o n . The
one t h i n g I was very s t r u c k by was what you s a i d no one should
ever be persecuted by r e l i g i o n or e t h n i c background, and I t h i n k
t h a t i s where t h i s i s i n terms o f t h a t . I don't have t h a t much
i n f l u e n c e w i t h the people there b u t we can continue t o t r y . I
w i l l continue wherever I can t o make t h i n g s e a s i e r . The problem
i s David Trimble has brought i n the same people who voted
against t h e Good Friday agreement and oppose i t p u b l i c l y are the
ones we are n e g o t i a t i n g w i t h ; David Trimble t o l e r a t e s them. To
me, t h a t c r y s t a l l i z e s t h e problem. E i t h e r he stands up t o those
people — whatever way he does i s a very important element. We
have stuck our necks out f a r enough now t o hang ourselves. I
w i l l r e f l e c t on what you s a i d . I appreciate your a t t e n t i o n and
the f a c t t h a t you are very much up t o speed, as usual. fe)
The President: Okay, I'm going t o c a l l Tony back and then leave
you guys t o sleep. fe)
Mr. Adams: My sense a t the moment i s t h a t we are a t a very
p r e c a r i o u s s i t u a t i o n and my concern i s t h a t Tony must be very
a s s e r t i v e w i t h these guys. fe}
The President: Just because o f your p o s i t i o n alone, I don't
t h i n k we've got an e x i t s t r a t e g y s h o r t o f an agreement. We have
got t o p r o t e c t everybody concerned u n t i l we hammer through i t .
I f you walk away w i t h n o t h i n g , you might have t o modify your
p o s i t i o n t o come back t h e way he d i d . Two weeks ago, he would
have taken t h i s deal i n a b i r d dog's minute. fe)
so we have t o f i g u r e o u t a way t o somehow
give him some more elbowroom. Whatever you can work on
Drumcree, wave i n h i s face and say, "screw you." You t h i n k
about i t . I w i l l c a l l B l a i r and Ahern back and, i f you need me,
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Okay.
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The President: Thanks, Gerry.
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The President
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern
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DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
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Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
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The President:
Hello, Mr. President.
How are you doing?
B e r t i e , how are you? (U)
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: Not too bad at a l l . Thanks f o r a l l your
time over the l a s t few days. I know you have been i n tough
t a l k s w i t h these d i f f i c u l t people.
The President: What about t h i s l a t e s t proposal Tony t a l k e d
about? Have you run i t by Sinn Fein?
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: Yes. I was t a l k i n g t o them as of h a l f an
hour ago. I t h i n k the d i f f i c u l t y i s the 12 o f August w i l l not
work f o r them w i t h July and August being the marching season.
They w i l l not be able t o s e l l that t o t h e i r u n i t s but they have
committed themselves now t o decommission. They need t o
strengthen t h e i r p o s i t i o n a l i t t l e . The statements Tony and I
put out tomorrow should be as strong as possible i n what we can
say, but I don't t h i n k there i s any p o s s i b i l i t y they w i l l say
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Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: Yes, I t h i n k i f we can get some leeway
and move i t back a t b i t . (pi
The President: They need it. Trimble said he can't stand more
than six weeks with no first act. What if you put up the
government in the middle of August? That would give them until
the first of October to decommission. Do you think that
framework might work? (g)
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: I t h i n k the framework w i l l work but i f we
put up the 15 of August i t might jeopardize s e l l i n g i t t o t h e i r
guys. ( ?
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The President: Tony wanted me t o c a l l Trimble and push the
generic idea t o n i g h t but I d i d n ' t want t o t a l k t o him u n t i l I
t a l k e d t o you f i r s t and I can't t a l k t o Gerry u n t i l you have put
t h i s t o him. Are you going t o t a l k t o him about i t tomorrow?
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
the morning. (pi
I w i l l t a l k to Gerry the f i r s t t h i n g i n
The President: I really should not call him until tomorrow.
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Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: The question w i t h Sinn Fein i s , now they
have i t c l e a r i n t h e i r minds and are going t o convince the IRA
to do an act o f decommissioning before Christmas.
The r e a l
question i s how q u i c k l y they w i l l do t h a t . I t h i n k from t h e i r
p o i n t o f view as soon as they nominate someone t o the Chastelein
Commission the b e t t e r . That i s not as quick as mid-August. At
the same time, we don't want t o put a new date t h a t creates
f r u s t r a t i o n and creates a new deadline. We have t o get
something agreed t h a t automatically happens provided they have
decommissioning. Gerry Adams i s worried about g e t t i n g ahead of
the IRA because there would be more problems than i t i s worth.
I t h i n k John Hume f e e l s , I've spoken t o him, t h a t Sinn Fein has
not got t h a t f a r i n i t s statements. They could push themselves
a b i t f u r t h e r . I t i s the o l d story. How f a r can you push them?
I f they could give us another sentence t h a t would give i t
c r e d i b i l i t y . They r e a l l y have t o give us something. I t h i n k
you could give them another sentence t o make i t t h a t much
f i r m e r . (p')
The President: That it is really going to work.
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Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: Exactly. Otherwise we get i n t o a
d i f f i c u l t marching season again. Did you t a l k to Trimble? 02^
The President: Yes, but I have not t a l k e d to him yet on t h i s .
Maybe I should wait u n t i l morning to t a l k to him and Gerry i n
closer p r o x i m i t y . (pT
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: That would be wise. We w i l l meet a t
8 o'clock i n Belfast t o f i n a l i z e the words. So maybe as soon as
we got t h a t done we should get that sent t o your people r i g h t
away. (^)
The President:
8 o'clock a.m.?
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
(p\
8 o'clock our time.
The President: I w i l l have my guys wake me a t 2 o'clock our
time. I would l i k e t o c a l l them both at the same time. (sound
of cheering i n background) Do you know where I am? I am at the
World Cup Women's Soccer Game and we j u s t scored a goal t o t i e
Germany. ( 0
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Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
The President:
OK.
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Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
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You go and enjoy i t , B i l l .
God Bless.
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Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern
N o t e t a k e r s : Matt S i b l e y , M i l e s Murphy,
M i c h a e l Manning and James Smith
DATE, TIME
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Oval O f f i c e
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
The P r e s i d e n t :
H e l l o , Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
Hey, B e r t i e .
(U)
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Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: How do you do? Tony w i l l be j o i n i n g us
i n a few m i n u t e s ; he's s t i l l w i t h David and h i s c o l l e a g u e s . (U)
The P r e s i d e n t :
How a r e t h i n g s a t t h e zoo?
(U)
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: I ' l l f i l l you i n . I t h i n k we're f a i r l y
f a r a l o n g i n g e t t i n g somewhere, b u t we're n o t t h e r e y e t .
It's
never easy i n N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d . But j u s t t o f i l l you i n
b r i e f l y , I t h i n k we've p r a c t i c a l l y agreed t h a t t h e IRA w i l l
nominate someone on t h e 1 5 o f J u l y . That would s e t up t h e
e x e c u t i v e . The d e v o l u t i o n o r d e r would be l a i d b e f o r e t h e
B r i t i s h P a r l i a m e n t on t h e 1 6 o f J u l y and t a k e e f f e c t on t h e 1 8
of J u l y and t h e d i f f i c u l t y i s t o a l l o w a p e r i o d where Sinn F e i n
nominates an IRA person t o s t a r t w o r k i n g on decommissioning w i t h
General de C h a s t e l a i n and t h e o t h e r p e o p l e . What w i l l happen i s
t h a t t h e person nominated by t h e IRA w i l l s t a r t d i s c u s s i o n s i n
the p e r i o d a f t e r t h a t , t a l k i n g about a c t u a l decommissioning t o
s t a r t w i t h i n a s p e c i f i e d t i m e , and t h e decommissioning body w i l l
make p r o g r e s s r e p o r t s i n September and December. We hope t o
s t a r t decommissioning i n September.
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The President: But you wouldn't have a Sinn Fein commitment by
a c e r t a i n time? (pj
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
good, President. (pf
The President:
I f we achieve t h a t , i t w i l l c e r t a i n l y be
What do you t h i n k they w i l l say? (pf
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: I t h i n k i t ' s looking good at t h i s stage.
We've got a l i t t l e b i t of work t o do and we need a l l the help we
can get. (pf
The President:
I s i t time f o r me t o c a l l now?
(p7
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: I t h i n k the problems w i l l be i n t h i s
order. Trimble w i l l be very worried because some of h i s guys
w i l l d e f i n i t e l y get wobbly again. We need t o pump as much
confidence i n him and put as much s t e e l behind him as p o s s i b l e .
This i s the time where the governments, the two t r a d i t i o n s i n
Northern I r e l a n d work today together i n the devolution we've
worked f o r a l l these years and thought we had i n the Good Friday
Agreement but couldn't get i t . And secondly, give us the
decommissioning of the p a r a m i l i t a r i e s i n a reasonable time.
Third, the f a i l - s a f e clause, where the governments undertake
t h a t i f any d i f f i c u l t i e s arise i n regard t o decommissioning,
based on the r e p o r t by the decommissioning body, or a r i s i n g from
devolution, we w i l l automatically i n i t i a t e an immediate review
and suspend the i n s t i t u t i o n . That i s , i f anybody s t a r t s messing
we j u s t stop the whole bloody l o t . (pf
The President: That ought t o at l e a s t convince Trimble that
Sinn Fein w i l l be blamed i f the t h i n g goes down. (jzf
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: I t h i n k we need t o have Sinn Fein and the
u n i o n i s t s not go bumping each other, but say t h i s i s the
completion of the h i s t o r i c breakthrough of the Good Friday
Agreement, t h a t the two Northern I r e l a n d t r a d i t i o n s w i l l work
together. This has t o be solved. The two need t o f e e l
confidence, t o see the bigger p i c t u r e because i f we get t h i s
through, B i l l , t h i s procedure nominating on the 15 of July,
t h a t ' s j u s t a f o r t n i g h t . The devolution order would be l a i d
before Parliament i n 2 weeks. I f i t gets through, i t w i l l be
tremendous. These guys have t o have the s t e e l t o go f o r i t i n
the next hour or so, as we t r y t o f i n a l i z e t h i s . I am holding
Sinn Fein's hand and Tony i s holding the u n i o n i s t s ' . I t h i n k i n
terms of where the u n i o n i s t s are, i t i s more d i f f i c u l t and shaky
for Trimble. Tony i s doing a great j o b helping them through i t .
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and they r e a l l y should have a go. I t h i n k i t w i l l be very
h e l p f u l i f you could c a l l and have a word w i t h them. (jzf
The President: I'll call right now. What's the timetable for
this? (Jt)
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: This i s the new order. I'm not j u s t
dumping on the government f o r Northern
Ireland...traditions...selling it and selling it hard, not just
bumping on the other side. Bill. If it shapes up like this,
this will be good. I am reluctant to call it yet. [Jt]
The President: No, I'm happy to call. I got up this morning
ready to call, and they said it wasn't time yet. (&)
Prime Minister Ahern: If you want, Tony has obviously got the
latest, he's still in with the unionists. If you want, we could
get back to your people in the next 15 to 20 minutes and tell
them now is the time to move. (g)
The President: Right. Give us a call when you're ready for me
to call Trimble. (JZ)
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: I t h i n k the c a l l to Gerry could be made
now, and we could get a message back t o you when i t i s good t o
c a l l David.
The President: B e r t i e , the President of Korea i s coming i n here
for 2 or 3 hours, so I w i l l c a l l Gerry now, and the quicker I
can c a l l Trimble, the b e t t e r . I t ' l l be hard t o walk out of the
meeting. (pf
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: What I ' l l do i s check w i t h Tony; he's
s t i l l w i t h him. As soon as he comes out, I w i l l c a l l s t r a i g h t
away. (J2T
The President:
Okay, man.
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
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Goodbye.
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Mr. Adams:
H e l l o , Mr. President.
The President:
Mr. Adams:
Gerry? (U)
How areyou?
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How are we doing? fG}
I t h i n k we are g e t t i n g t h e r e .
The President: I do, t o o . The l a s t deal sounds p r e t t y
me. We have t o convince Trimble he should take i t . fG}
Mr. Adams:
I t h i n k he w i l l go f o r i t . fG}
The President: I s t h e r e anything t o do t o make sure they don't
t r y t o depose him over i t ? fG}
Mr. Adams:
They w i l l t r y t o do t h a t anyway.
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h e l p i n g him.
He j u s t needs help g e t t i n g over t h a t p e r i o d .
We w i l l help ease him over i t . We'll be as
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The President:
We don't want anyone claiming v i c t o r y . fe-)
Mr. Adams: No. I already said that to people here. I t i s n ' t a
matter of getting him to do i t . I t ' s j u s t a matter of getting
i t done. I want to galvanize the positive elements w i t h i n the
Unionists.
I think he i s going to do i t . I ' l l bet you a d o l l a r
he goes f o r i t . f&)
The President:
That i s a dollar I would love to pay o f f .
Mr. Adams: Okay. We w i l l be i n there. I t sounds s i l l y and I
couldn't say t o him, l i k e I can to you, but we'll make sure he's
okay. fG)
The President: Okay. I w i l l get on i t . Tony i s s t i l l with him
and as soon as he gets out I'm going to c a l l him. fG)
Mr. Adams:
I look forward to taking your money. f€-)
The President:
Mr. Adams:
Okay.
Goodbye. (U)
Goodbye. (U)
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David?
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble:
The P r e s i d e n t :
(U)
(U)
Yes.
(U)
How a r e you keeping?
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble:
w i l l be b e t t e r .
(U)
Are you s t i l l
S t i l l standing.
standing?
Could be worse b u t i t
The President: Look, I wanted first of all to thank you and
second, to say I tried to issue a helpful statement. Thirdly,
to ask what can I do to help? Personally, if they screw us on
this, I will support kicking them out and stand up publicly and
say that you are not to blame and they are. [ f f i
F i r s t M i n i s t e r T r i m b l e : R i g h t . The o n l y problem i s I can't
muster enough steam t o g e t i t i n . Whether we w i l l g e t i n over
the course o f t h e n e x t week o r t e n days I don't know. I'm
t r y i n g t o g i v e enough space f o r people.
When I f i r s t p u t t h e
s u g g e s t i o n t o t h e session o f t h e p a r t y , o n l y a couple showed a
f a v o r a b l e response and some were a g a i n s t . Most o f t h e o t h e r s
were o f d i f f e r i n g v i e w p o i n t s . Key members from whom I needed
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support were unhappy. Maybe we can work something i n t h e next
week o r two t o change aspects o f t h i s scheme. (^T
The P r e s i d e n t : L e t me ask you, i f you t h i n k i t w i l l h e l p f o r me
t o c a l l any o f them p e r s o n a l l y . I w i l l do t h a t .
(£7
F i r s t M i n i s t e r T r i m b l e : John T a y l o r i s on our s i d e as i s
Maginnis; and Reg Empey i f we leave him alone f o r a couple o f
days. I made a s e r i o u s mistake i n o r g a n i z i n g . I thought i f I
brought J e f f r e y Donaldson onto my team we c o u l d smother some o f
the o p p o s i t i o n . I am a f r a i d i t b a c k f i r e d on me. I need t o g e t
J e f f r e y away f o r a w h i l e t o get t h i n g s b e t t e r . (pf
The P r e s i d e n t : Yes. You t h i n k about i t and i f you t h i n k I can
h e l p i n any way. I f you want me t o send somebody over, I w i l l .
F i r s t M i n i s t e r T r i m b l e : I v e r y much a p p r e c i a t e t h i s ,
Mr. P r e s i d e n t . I r e a l l y do. I don't know how we w i l l work i t
out in the next week or two. If there's any chance I will.
(pj
The President: I know you will. You're a good man, David.
You've made decommissioning real. This decision would really
not have happened if it was not for you. It will work now, I
think. (jt)
First Minister Trimble: I hope so. They have changed their
position. If only I can get my people to see that and take
advantage of it. (j?)
The P r e s i d e n t : There's no doubt they changed t h e i r p o s i t i o n . I
h o n e s t l y b e l i e v e , based on my c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h Adams i n t h e
l a s t week, t h a t he knows w i t h o u t you t h a t t h i s i s a dead dog.
You have t o come o u t l o o k i n g l i k e t h e l e a d e r you a r e . Once he
gets h i s ducks i n a row, he w i l l bust h i s ass t o make i t work.
I've a l r e a d y t o l d him t h i s i s i t . (pi
F i r s t M i n i s t e r T r i m b l e : I went o u t o f my way i n comments t o
throw a l i n e o u t t o them. We now hope t h a t works. ( p i
The President:
can do.
(jt)
All right.
Let me know if there is anything we
F i r s t M i n i s t e r T r i m b l e : Once again, I r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e your
support and encouragement. You may f i n d me c a l l i n g again next
week. (pf
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Cheers.
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T r i m b l e (U)
PARTICIPANTS:
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F i r s t M i n i s t e r David
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Notetakers:
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The P r e s i d e n t :
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H e l l o , David.
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Trimble:
The P r e s i d e n t :
(U)
H e l l o , Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
(U)
W e l l , t h e march went p r e t t y w e l l y e s t e r d a y .
(U)
F i r s t M i n i s t e r T r i m b l e : Yes, i t d i d . I'm v e r y g l a d t h a t i t
went o f f as w e l l as i t d i d . I hope i t doesn't leave them t o o
b i g a problem. I t i s a c r e d i t t o t h e Portadown Orangemen t h a t
t h e y d i d w e l l . They a r e hoping t h a t Tony B l a i r w i l l r e c i p r o c a t e
it.
I'm n o t sure i f he can. (U)
The P r e s i d e n t :
What can I do f o r you? (U)
First Minister Trimble: There are two things that would be a
great help to me. One which I think you are already doing and
that is to talk to Gerry Adams about a statement from the IRA
about decommissioning. The other thing is the so called "fail
safe" mechanism. It is fairer to exclude Sinn Fein from the
executive, but the problem continues to be John Hume. Seamus
Mallon is trying to persuade him. If John Hume could move, that
would help greatly. [yf
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the other thing. I'll get back to you in a day or so. y?)
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The President:
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John Hume
Notetakers: Jenny McGee, Robert Ford,
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July 5, 1999, 6:50 - 6:57 p.m. EDT
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The President:
Mr. Hume:
Hello, how are you doing, Mr. President?
The President:
Mr. Hume:
Hello, John. (U)
Well, I'm a l r i g h t .
(U)
How are you? (U)
Oh, I'm s u r v i v i n g . (U)
The President: Well, I think we got a pretty good proposal if
we can get them to take it. I've been talking to Trimble and
Adams. Trimble is having a bit of a hard go with Maginnis and
with Empey and others who are being critical of the proposal.
He thinks they can still get blamed if the government comes down
and the IRA doesn't comply. I know Seamus Mallon has a piece in
the paper tomorrow, which will help bring the Unionists on board
for the Blair-Ahern proposal — you know what it says — it
doesn't say outright that Sinn Fein should be expelled but gets
pretty close. I have told Trimble in private and said publicly
if the IRA doesn't live up to its obligations, I would support
Sinn Fein being excluded. The United States would say — it's
not their fault, it's your fault and not the Unionists'.
Similarly, if anybody else doesn't comply. We have to help
Trimble a little. You've been working on this for 30 years now.
I believe Gerry is ready to take the final steps. (jtj
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Mr. Hume: I don't t h i n k i t ' s easy i f he's being seen as being
under p u b l i c pressure. ( Z
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The President: I agree with that.
(£)
Mr. Hume: I t h i n k i t ' s b e t t e r done q u i e t l y than w i t h p u b l i c
pressure. (pi
The President:
I do agree.
(pT
Mr. Hume: What I've been saying today on the radio and TV i s
there i s no way my p a r t y would s i t i n government w i t h any p a r t y
i f they were engaged i n violence. I'm convinced from my
experience t h a t Sinn Fein i s committed t o the peace process.
Therefore, the i n t e r n a t i o n a l commission i s going t o r e p o r t , so
what we should a l l do i s suspend judgment u n t i l we a l l hear the
report and then make our judgment having heard t h a t r e p o r t . (pi
The President: Let me ask you this. How are we going to deal
with Trimble's problem to sell it? (Jt)
Mr. Hume: The time of the year i s the major p a r t o f the
problem.
I t ' s marching season f o r h i s people. Every year the
tensions are very high f o r t h i s time of the year. By the second
h a l f o f July, when we move beyond t h a t , tensions w i l l f a l l , and
i t should be easier f o r him then than now. Do you know what I
mean? (p)
The President: Yes, absolutely. And we had a p r e t t y good day
for t h a t yesterday. (pf
Mr. Hume: Yes. I t was p r e t t y welcome that they behaved very
responsibly. (pf
The President: You know, John, he doesn't have t o lose very
many people before he can't go on. (pT
Mr. Hume: Yes, I know, but the overwhelming m a j o r i t y o f people
voted f o r i t . I n a d d i t i o n , l a s t week we had special messages
from organizations representing the business community, trade
unions, community groups and youth groups a l l t e l l i n g us t o keep
the agreement on the road. There i s very b i g p u b l i c support f o r
the agreement. This can be resolved and w i l l be resolved i n the
coming weeks, but I don't t h i n k we should be p u t t i n g anybody
under pressure. G T
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The President: Let me ask you t h i s .
t h i n k I can do t o help Trimble? (pf
I s there anything else you
Mr. Hume: I t h i n k one of the things you could do i s make very
clear from your p o i n t o f view that as soon as a new
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n i s i n place, t h a t ' s when the goodwill o f the
i n t e r n a t i o n a l world w i l l become evident. That's when the
economic development and investment and marketing w i l l transform
our economy and society. The sooner the two communities s t a r t
working together t o set up the i n s t i t u t i o n s , the b e t t e r . There
needs t o be a c l e a r understanding of the agreement t h a t t o t a l l y
respects both i d e n t i t i e s , therefore no section o f the community
i s under t h r e a t . ( p f
The President: Okay, w e l l , I ' l l j u s t keep plugging along. I
understand what you are saying. I r e a l l y worry about the hard
guys on Trimble's side t a k i n g him out. I f we lose him, we're i n
trouble. (pf
Mr. Hume: I know that. Listen, thanks again for your interest
and support. (pf
The President:
phone. (jzf)
Mr. Hume:
I f you want t o t a l k anymore, I'm as close as the
Okay, thank you. (U)
The President:
Goodbye. (U)
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�Dear Carlos:
I want t o congratulate you on the successful
conclusion of the negotiations w i t h the
United Kingdom regarding the South A t l a n t i c
islands. As you know, during our l a s t meeting
we addressed the challenges facing Argentina
and the United Kingdom, and the (L
a t t a i n i n g diplomatic s o l u t i o n s .
impressed by your determination t o resolve
these matters peacefully^and t o the mutual
b e n e f i t of both countries.
Your work, and t h a t of Piime Minijfedir Tony
B l a i r , greatly contributed to resolving
important i n t e r n a t i o n a l issues and w i l l enhance
the s t a b i l i t y and well-being of the region.
Again, congratulations and I look forward t o
w o r k i a ^ together w i t h you t o advance peace i n
the region.
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Carlos Menem
President of the Argentine Nation
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I want t o congr t u l a t e you on t h e s u c c e s s f u l
conclusion of t l negotiations w i t h Argentina
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Think we should seek to have the following, or some version thereof, inserted into the Blair telcall package:
Spoke with Chancellor Schroeder to convey that we needed to come to closure on a successor for NATO SYG
Solana.
Told him we would be prepared to support Scharping, provided Germany were willing to put him in the running.
But made clear that we also liked Haekkerup, and we would look very favorably on any of the UK candidates
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interest, would speak again with Scharping and would make a decision wmin a week -before Sarajevo.
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I.
PURPOSE
Secure s u p p o r t f o r our proposed economic i n i t i a t i v e s a t t h e
J u l y 30 Summit i n Sarajevo. S t r e s s t o P r o d i t h e need t o s u s t a i n
c u r r e n t EU s a n c t i o n s a g a i n s t the FRY.
II.
BACKGROUND
Economic I n i t i a t i v e s
We are w o r k i n g on a s e r i e s o f economic i n i t i a t i v e s f o r t h e
Sarajevo Summit. You asked us t o f i n d a c r e a t i v e approach,
s i m i l a r t o the one o u t l i n e d by George Soros. A l t h o u g h
i n n o v a t i v e , the Soros p r o p o s a l would not p r o v i d e r e a l l o n g - t e r m
b e n e f i t s ; t h e i r b i g g e s t g a i n would come from access t o U.S. and
EU markets.
I n t h a t s p i r i t , we have prepared a comprehensive
s t r a t e g y which i n c l u d e s a t r a d e i n i t i a t i v e , an investment
compact and a commitment t o h e l p achieve WTO membership. We
want t h e Europeans t o support these and g i v e a c o n c r e t e
statement r e g a r d i n g e v e n t u a l EU membership.
Trade I n i t i a t i v e :
We recommend you commit t o u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e
p r e f e r e n c e s , s i m i l a r t o the Caribbean Basin I n i t i a t i v e , t o
c o u n t r i e s i n the r e g i o n except Serbia, b u t i n c l u d i n g Kosovo and
Montenegro. These p r e f e r e n c e s should apply u n i f o r m l y and should
be as generous as p o s s i b l e t o spur economic development. We
would n o t r e q u e s t s p e c i a l access r i g h t s t o U.S. o r EU e x p o r t s .
This would p r o v i d e immediate access t o developed markets and the
g r e a t e s t s h o r t - t e r m t a n g i b l e b e n e f i t . However, i n o r d e r f o r
t h i s t o be a success, EU p a r t i c i p a t i o n i s c r i t i c a l .
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On our s i d e , we are e x p l o r i n g w i t h members o f t h e c o n g r e s s i o n a l
t r a d e committees l e g i s l a t i o n p r o v i d i n g a ten-year GSP
commitment, t o i n c l u d e expanding t h e l i s t o f e l i g i b l e goods,
w i t h the exception o f c e r t a i n t e x t i l e s . Although a m a j o r i t y o f
p r o d u c t s from these c o u n t r i e s , except f o r B u l g a r i a and Romania,
a l r e a d y e n t e r d u t y - f r e e under GSP or normal t r a d e s t a t u s , t h e
U.S. would o f f e r a new program t h a t a l s o i n c l u d e s v i r t u a l l y a l l
a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t s (except sugar) and footwear a t l i t t l e
p o l i t i c a l o r economic c o s t . I n a d d i t i o n , a ten-year program
would p r o v i d e much g r e a t e r c e r t a i n t y t o i n v e s t o r s than t h e
c u r r e n t GSP program, which i s funded from year t o year. I t
would a l s o encourage r e g i o n a l i n t e g r a t i o n by p r o v i d i n g s p e c i a l
access t o p r o d u c t s c o n t a i n i n g i n p u t s from d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r i e s i n
the r e g i o n .
Investment Compact: Because investment and t r a d e w i l l d r i v e
s u s t a i n e d growth, we propose a * compact" between l e a d e r s from
o u t s i d e t h e r e g i o n and t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s
to c r e a t e v e h i c l e s f o r m o b i l i z i n g p r i v a t e f i n a n c e and m i t i g a t i n g
risk.
I n r e t u r n , t h e r e g i o n a l leaders would commit t o concrete
a c t i o n s t o improve t h e investment c l i m a t e and a c c e l e r a t e
economic r e f o r m s .
One s p e c i f i c o p t i o n i s e s t a b l i s h i n g an EBRD t r u s t fund w i t h U.S.
funds t o c r e a t e a p o l i c y framework f o r investment and f a c i l i t a t e
debt f i n a n c e through l o c a l banks. I n a d d i t i o n , we would work
w i t h t h e I F I s t o c r e a t e a r e g i o n a l e q u i t y fund. The fund would
i n v e s t i n p r i v a t e or p r i v a t i z i n g e n t e r p r i s e s i n t h e r e g i o n ( t o
i n c l u d e Kosovo and Montenegro) and h e l p leverage p r i v a t e
f i n a n c i n g . F i n a l l y , we are d i s c u s s i n g w i t h George Munoz t h e
p o s s i b l e c r e a t i o n o f an OPIC fund f o r t h e Balkans.
WTO Membership: For non-member c o u n t r i e s , we w i l l o f f e r
t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e needed t o meet t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l standards
and work t o f a c i l i t a t e accession on an a c c e l e r a t e d b a s i s . I n
many cases, t h i s i s e a s i l y p r o v i d e d a t v e r y l i t t l e cost t o t h e
U.S. o r EU governments.
EU statement:
Our key goal i s f o r t h e r e g i o n t o be i n t e g r a t e d
i n t o t h e EU, which o f f e r s t h e best o p p o r t u n i t y f o r development
and growth.
An EU commitment on membership i n a reasonable
p e r i o d w i l l be t h e most d i f f i c u l t — b u t a l s o t h e most i m p o r t a n t
-- p a r t o f our s t r a t e g y .
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At Monday's meeting o f t h e General A f f a i r s C o u n c i l , EU F o r e i g n
M i n i s t e r s reviewed c u r r e n t EU s a n c t i o n s a g a i n s t t h e FRY. Greece
and I t a l y pressed f o r a l i f t i n g o f t h e o i l embargo, w i t h some
support from Germany and France. The UK and Netherlands
s t r o n g l y r e s i s t e d any l i f t i n g o f s a n c t i o n s . M i n i s t e r s
u l t i m a t e l y agreed t o t a s k t h e EU Commission t o examine t h e
p o s s i b i l i t y o f l i f t i n g some o f t h e s a n c t i o n s ( t h e f l i g h t ban and
s p o r t i n g ban) and o f d i r e c t i n g o i l and e l e c t r i c i t y t o
opposition-controlled localities.
We oppose any l i f t i n g o f
sanctions i n order t o avoid b o l s t e r i n g M i l o s e v i c p o l i t i c a l l y or
f i n a n c i a l l y . We a l s o disagree w i t h t h e f e a s i b i l i t y o f d i r e c t i n g
o i l and e l e c t r i c i t y t o s p e c i f i c l o c a l i t i e s .
We are prepared t o
d i s c u s s w i t h a l l i e s t h e concept o f a s s i s t a n c e t o o p p o s i t i o n c o n t r o l l e d l o c a l i t i e s ; however, any such a s s i s t a n c e would need
t o be c a r e f u l l y c i r c u m s c r i b e d , m o n i t o r e d and c o o r d i n a t e d , as
w e l l as c o n d i t i o n e d on i n c r e a s e d u n i t y w i t h i n t h e o p p o s i t i o n .
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TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR
Sarajevo Summit Trade I n i t i a t i v e s
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Looking f o r w a r d t o t h e Sarajevo Summit. Must work i n t e n s i v e l y
i n t h e r e m a i n i n g days t o ensure meaningful r e s u l t s .
•
We a l l agree t h a t we want s u b s t a n t i v e outcomes from Sarajevo.
We should t r y t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r a t r a d e i n i t i a t i v e t h a t
prepares Southeast Europe f o r f u l l and r a p i d i n t e g r a t i o n i n t o
European and g l o b a l t r a d e .
•
The most m e a n i n g f u l gesture we can make i n t h e near term i s t o
p r o v i d e u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e access i n t o our markets. This w i l l
h e l p c a t a l y z e p r o d u c t i o n and investment i n t h e r e g i o n . The
U.S. and EU can agree t o g e t h e r t o g r a n t u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e
concessions as soon as p o s s i b l e t o c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n .
We would exclude Serbia, b u t i n c l u d e Kosovo and Montenegro.
•
I am prepared t o work w i t h Congress t o p r o v i d e d u t y - f r e e
access i n t o o u r market across a range o f p r o d u c t s .
However, I
can o n l y succeed i n t h i s e f f o r t i f t h e EU makes i t a s i m i l a r
effort.
•
I understand t h e EU i s c o n s i d e r i n g s i m i l a r i n i t i a t i v e s f o r
i n d i v i d u a l c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n . I t would be more p o w e r f u l
i f t h e EU c o u l d extend t o t h e r e g i o n as a whole ( e x c l u d i n g
Serbia) a program p r o v i d i n g d u t y - f r e e t r e a t m e n t f o r as many
i n d u s t r i a l and a g r i c u l t u r a l goods as p o s s i b l e .
•
Understand t h a t o f f e r i n g meaningful t r a d e concessions w i l l be
p o l i t i c a l l y d i f f i c u l t , b u t we must make t h e commitment t o t r y
and announce a r e s u l t a t t h e Summit.
•
A l s o a s k i n g r e g i o n a l leaders t o make an * investment compact"
and commit t o key reforms t h a t would improve t h e investment
climate.
I n r e t u r n f o r them making reforms, we should
m o b i l i z e p r i v a t e c a p i t a l and m i t i g a t e r i s k t o i n v e s t o r s .
•
We're c o n s i d e r i n g c r e a t i n g a t r u s t fund a t t h e EBRD t o make
loans e s p e c i a l l y t o s m a l l e n t e r p r i s e s . We should a l s o
encourage t h e I F I and EBRD t o c r e a t e a r e g i o n a l e q u i t y fund.
•
We should work g e t t i n g these s t a t e s i n t o t h e WTO p r o v i d i n g t h e
t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e they need t o meet t h e c r i t e r i a f o r e n t r y .
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F i n a l l y , I would ask your support f o r as c o n c r e t e and
a m b i t i o u s a statement as p o s s i b l e a t t h e summit r e g a r d i n g
e v e n t u a l EU membership f o r t h e Southeast European n a t i o n s .
NATO S e c r e t a r y General
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Spoke w i t h C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder t o convey t h a t we needed t o
come t o c l o s u r e on a successor f o r NATO SYG Solana.
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T o l d him we would be prepared t o support Scharping, i f
Schroeder p u t s him i n t h e r u n n i n g .
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Said t h a t we a l s o l i k e d Haekkerup, and we would l o o k v e r y
f a v o r a b l y on any o f t h e UK candidates mentioned i n t h e p r e s s ,
i n c l u d i n g Paddy Ashdown.
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Schroeder s a i d he would delay p u t t i n g Scharping f o r w a r d , b u t
would make a d e c i s i o n w i t h i n a week -- b e f o r e Sarajevo.
Schroeder a l s o suggested t h a t we a l l chat i n Sarajevo.
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Looking f o r w a r d t o seeing you i n Sarajevo.
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Sarajevo Summit Trade I n i t i a t i v e s
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Hope you are s e t t l i n g i n t o your new p o s i t i o n .
Looking f o r w a r d
to t h e Sarajevo Summit. Must work i n t e n s i v e l y i n t h e
r e m a i n i n g days t o ensure meaningful r e s u l t s .
•
We a l l agree t h a t we want s u b s t a n t i v e outcomes from Sarajevo.
We s h o u l d t r y t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r a t r a d e i n i t i a t i v e t h a t
p r e p a r e s Southeast Europe f o r f u l l and r a p i d i n t e g r a t i o n i n t o
European and g l o b a l t r a d e .
•
The most m e a n i n g f u l gesture we can make i n t h e near term i s t o
p r o v i d e u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e access i n t o o u r markets. This w i l l
h e l p c a t a l y z e p r o d u c t i o n and investment i n t h e r e g i o n . The
U.S. and EU can agree t o g e t h e r t o g r a n t u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e
concessions as soon as p o s s i b l e t o c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n .
We would exclude S e r b i a , b u t i n c l u d e Kosovo and Montenegro.
•
I am prepared t o work w i t h Congress t o p r o v i d e d u t y - f r e e
access i n t o o u r market across a range o f p r o d u c t s .
However, I
can o n l y succeed i n t h i s e f f o r t i f t h e EU makes i t a s i m i l a r
effort.
•
I understand t h e EU i s c o n s i d e r i n g s i m i l a r i n i t i a t i v e s f o r
i n d i v i d u a l c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n . I t would be more p o w e r f u l
i f t h e EU c o u l d extend t o t h e r e g i o n as a whole ( e x c l u d i n g
Serbia) a program p r o v i d i n g d u t y - f r e e t r e a t m e n t f o r as many
i n d u s t r i a l and a g r i c u l t u r a l goods as p o s s i b l e .
•
Understand t h a t o f f e r i n g meaningful t r a d e concessions w i l l be
p o l i t i c a l l y d i f f i c u l t , b u t we must make t h e commitment t o t r y
and announce a r e s u l t a t t h e Summit.
•
A l s o a s k i n g r e g i o n a l leaders t o make an '"investment compact"
and commit t o key reforms t h a t would improve t h e investment
c l i m a t e . I n r e t u r n f o r them making reforms, we should
m o b i l i z e p r i v a t e c a p i t a l and m i t i g a t e r i s k t o i n v e s t o r s .
•
We're c o n s i d e r i n g c r e a t i n g a t r u s t fund a t t h e EBRD t o make
loans e s p e c i a l l y t o s m a l l e n t e r p r i s e s . We should a l s o
encourage t h e I F I and EBRD t o c r e a t e a r e g i o n a l e q u i t y fund.
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We s h o u l d work g e t t i n g these s t a t e s i n t o t h e WTO p r o v i d i n g t h e
t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e they need t o meet t h e c r i t e r i a f o r e n t r y .
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F i n a l l y , I would ask your support f o r as concrete and
a m b i t i o u s a statement as p o s s i b l e a t t h e summit r e g a r d i n g
e v e n t u a l EU membership f o r t h e Southeast European n a t i o n s .
Serbia and Economic Sanctions
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A l s o need t o use Summit t o demonstrate Serbia's i s o l a t i o n
under M i l o s e v i c , w h i l e h o l d i n g o u t t h e p r o s p e c t o f r a p i d
integration after Milosevic.
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M i l o s e v i c i s s e r i o u s l y weakened, and we have a window o f
o p p o r t u n i t y t o b r i n g fundamental change t o t h e r e g i o n .
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Understand t h a t EU f o r e i g n m i n i s t e r s discussed s a n c t i o n s a t
t h e i r Monday meeting, and asked t h e Commission t o l o o k a t
p o s s i b i l i t i e s f o r l i f t i n g some.
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Need t o keep s a n c t i o n s f u l l y i n p l a c e .
any h i n t t h a t they w i l l be r e l a x e d .
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I n f a c t , we s t i l l need t o t i g h t e n i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f e x i s t i n g
f i n a n c i a l s a n c t i o n s t a r g e t e d a t M i l o s e v i c and h i s regime.
Hope you can convince i n d i v i d u a l EU c o u n t r i e s t o take
necessary steps, f o l l o w i n g t h e r e c e n t example o f S w i t z e r l a n d .
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i n c l u d e expanding t h e l i s t o f e l i g i b l e goods, w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n '
of c e r t a i n t e x t i l e s .
A l t h o u g h a m a j o r i t y o f p r o d u c t s from t M s e
c o u n t r i e s , except f o r B u l g a r i a and Romania, a l r e a d y e n t e r .dutyf r e e under GSP or, normal t r a d e s t a t u s , t h e U.S. would offfer a
new program t h a t i n c l u d e s v i r t u a l l y a l l a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t s
(except sugar) .at l i t t l e p o l i t i c a l o r economic c o s t / W c a r c i n
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f i n a n c i a l l y . We also disagree w i t h the f e a s i b i l i t y of d i r e c t i n g
o i l and e l e c t r i c i t y t o s p e c i f i c l o c a l i t i e s . We are prepared t o
discuss w i t h a l l i e s the concept of assistance t o o p p o s i t i o n c o n t r o l l e d l o c a l i t i e s ; however, any such assistance wotild need
to be c a r e f u l l y circumscribed, monitored and coordina'ted, as
w e l l as conditioned on increased u n i t y w i t h i n the o p p o s i t i o n .
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The most meaningful gesture we can make i n the near term i s to
provide u n i l a t e r a l trade access i n t o our markets. This w i l l
help catalyze production and investment i n the region.
I am prepared t o work w i t h Congress t o provide duty-free
access i n t o our market across a range of products, -rflawever,
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I understand the EU i s considering s i m i l a r i n i t i a t i v e s f o r
i n d i v i d u a l countries i n the region. I t - would be more powerful
i f the EU could extend t o the region as a whole(excluding
Serbia) a program p r o v i d i n g duty free treatment f o r as many
i n d u s t r i a l and a g r i c u l t u r a l goods as possible.+
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DATE: TBD
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FROM: SAMUEL BERGER
GENE SPERLING
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PURPOSE
To secure support f o r our proposed economic i n i t i a t i v e s a t t h e
J u l y 30 S t a b i l i t y Pact Summit i n Sarajevo.
To s t r e s s t o P r o d i
t h e need t o s u s t a i n c u r r e n t EU s a n c t i o n s a g a i n s t t h e FRY.
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BACKGROUND
Economic I n i t i a t i v e s
We a r e c u r r e n t l y working w i t h c o u n t i f i e s o f t h e EU and southeast
Europe t o develop a s e r i e s o f i n i t / i a t i v e s f o r t h e Sarajevo
Summit, i n c l u d i n g i n t h e e c o n o m i o ^ f i e l d . You have asked us t o
f i n d an i n n o v a t i v e approach, s i o a l a r t o t h e one o u t l i n e d by
George Soros. A l t h o u g h i n t e r e / t i n g and i n n o v a t i v e , t h e Soros
p r o p o s a l would n o t p r o v i d e r e f i l l o n g - t e r m b e n e f i t s t o t h e
c o u n t r i e s -of southeast Eurone. T h e i r b i g g e s t g a i n would be
access t o U.S,) and EU market^. I n t h a t s p i r i t , we have prepared
a comprehensive s t r a t e g y which i n c l u d e s a t r a d e i n i t i a t i v e , an
investment compact and a /commitment t o h e l p achieve WTO
membership. We want ther Europeans t o support these and g i v e a
c o n c r e t e statement r e g a r d i n g e v e n t u a l EU membership.
Trade I n i t i a t i v e :
We' recommend c o m m i t t i n g t o u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e
p r e f e r e n c e s , s i m i l a r / t o t h e Caribbean Basin I n i t i a t i v e , t o
c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n o t h e r than S e r b i a , as w e l l as Kosovo and
Montenegro. These/ p r e f e r e n c e s should be u n i f o r m across t h e
r e g i o n and as generous as p o s s i b l e t o r a p i d l y spur economic
development. We would n o t , i n t u r n , request s p e c i a l access
r i g h t s t o U.S\ o r EU e x p o r t s . This p r o v i d e s immediate access t o
developed markets and t h e greatest, s h o r t - t e r m t a n g i b l e b e n e f i t .
However, i n o r d e r f o r t h i s t o be a success, EU p a r t i c i p a t i o n i s
c r i t i c a l , n o t o n l y t o m o b i l i z e Congressional support here a t
home, b u t a l s o because access t o t h e European market i s an
e s s e n t i a l component t o southeast Europe's economic development.
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�To e f f e c t t h i s , we would propose a t e n ^ y e ^ r GSP commitment, t o
i n c l u d e expanding t h e l i s t o f e l i g i b l e ^ g o o d s , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n
o f c e r t a i n ^ t e x t i l e s . Although a m a j o r i t y o f p r o d u c t s from these
countries/-/-' except f o r B u l g a r i a and Romania.y^ a l r e a d y e n t e r
d u t y - f r e e under GSP o r normal t r a d e s t a t u s / t h e U.S. would offe
a new program t h a t i n c l u d e s v i r t u a l l y a l l a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t ^
(except sugar) a t l i t t l e p o l i t i c a l o r economic c o s t . We a r e / i n
the process o f making c o n g r e s s i o n a l c a l l s t o t e s t t h e watei?4.
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Investment Compact: Because we have underscored t h a t i/ivestment
and t r a d e , and n o t donor a s s i s t a n c e , w i l l d r i v e susta^med
growth, we propose a "compact" under which l e a d e r s firom o u t s i d e
t h e r e g i o n would agree t o work w i t h t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l
i n s t i t u t i o n s t o create appropriate vehicles f o r irfobilizing
p r i v a t e f i n a n c e and m i t i g a t i n g r i s k .
I n r e t u r n ^ the regional
l e a d e r s would commit t o concrete a c t i o n s t o jjrfprove t h e
investment c l i m a t e and a c c e l e r a t e economic reforms.
We ar,g~workdng on s e v e r a l o p t i o n s . T h e / f i r s t i s e s t a b l i s h m e n t
o f ari EBRD/trust fund which would e s t a b l i s h a p o l i c y framework
f o r ^Euzje^tment and f a c i l i t a t e debt fi/fance t h r o u g h l o c a l banks.
Based on our experiences i n c e n t r a l / E u r o p e , we would then work
with the i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l i j f s t i t u t i o n s t o create a
r e g i o n a l e q u i t y fund. The fund w6uld i n v e s t i n p r i v a t e o r
p r i v a t i z i n g e n t e r p r i s e s i n t h e r e g i o n d j t o i n c l u d e Kosovo and
Montenegro), h e l p leverage p r i v a t e f i n a n c i n g from i n s t i t u t i o n s
and b i l a t e r a l donors, and u t i l i z e guarantees o f f e r e d by n a t i o n a l
investment agencies such as GOPIC.
WTO Membership: For t h o s e / c o u n t r i e s n o t c u r r e n t l y members o f
t h e WTO, we would o f f e r t>ie t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e needed t o meet
t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l standa/ds. I n many cases, t h i s i s e a s i l y
p r o v i d e d a t v e r y l i t t l e / c o s t t o t h e U.S. o r EU governments.
EU statement:
The most i m p o r t a n t step f o r t h e r e g i o n i s t o be
i n t e g r a t e d i n t o t h e S u r o - A t l a n t i c s t r u c t u r e s l i k e t h e EU; t h i s
o f f e r s t h e b e s t o p p o r t u n i t y f o r development and growth. A
commitment by t h e EU on e v e n t u a l EU membership w i l l be t h e most
d i f f i c u l t p a r t o f <6ur s t r a t e g y , b u t a l s o t h e most i m p o r t a n t t o
show r e a l commitment by t h e Europeans.
Economic Sanctions (Prodi C a l l Only)
At Monday's meeting o f t h e General A f f a i r s C o u n c i l , EU F o r e i g n
M i n i s t e r s reviewed c u r r e n t EU s a n c t i o n s a g a i n s t t h e FRY. Greece
and I t a l y pressed f o r a l i f t i n g o f t h e o i l embargo, w i t h some
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�support from Germany and France. The UK and Netherlands
s t r o n g l y r e s i s t e d any l i f t i n g o f s a n c t i o n s . M i n i s t e r s
u l t i m a t e l y agreed t o t a s k t h e EU Commission t o examine t h e
p o s s i b i l i t y o f l i f t i n g some o f t h e s a n c t i o n s ( t h e f l i g h t ban and
s p o r t i n g ban) and o f d i r e c t i n g o i l and e l e c t r i c i t y t o
o p p o s i t i o n - c o n t r o l l e d l o c a l i t i e s . ' We oppose any l i f t i n g o f
s a n c t i o n s i n o r d e r t o a v o i d b o l s t e r i n g M i l o s e v i c p o l i t i c a l l y o\
financially.
We a l s o d i s a g r e e w i t h t h e f e a s i b i l i t y o f d i r e c t x i n g
o i l and e l e c t r i c i t y t o s p e c i f i c l o c a l i t i e s .
We are prepared t o
d i s c u s s w i t h a l l i e s t h e concept o f a s s i s t a n c e t o o p p o s i t i o n c o n t r o l l e d l o c a l i t i e s ; however, any such a s s i s t a n c e wouixl need
t o be c a r e f u l l y c i r c u m s c r i b e d , m o n i t o r e d and c o o r d i n a t e d , as
w e l l as c o n d i t i o n e d on t h e l o c a l l e a d e r s t a k i n g steps t o
increase u n i t y w i t h i n the opposition.
Attachments
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T a l k i n g P o i n t s f o r EU Commissions
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EUROPEAN UNION COMMISSIONER ROMANO PRODI
Sarajevo Summit Trade I n i t i a t i v e s
Looking f o r w a r d t o t h e Sarajevo Summit. Must work i n t e n s i v e l y
i n t h e r e m a i n i n g days t o ensure m e a n i n g f u l r e s u l t s .
We a l l agree t h a t we want s u b s t a n t i v e outcomes from Sarajevo.
I b e l i e v e t h a t we should t r y t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r a t r a d e
i n i t i a t i v e t h a t prepares Southeast Europe f o r f u l l a n d / r a p i d
i n t e g r a t i o n i n t o t h e European and g l o b a l t r a d i n g system.
•
The f i r s t s t e p ta=da. i s t o show t h e s i n c e r i t y o f /Our support
f o r t h e r e g i o n . The U.S. and EU can agree t o g e t h e r t o g r a n t ,
as soon as p o s s i b l e , u n i l a t e r a l , one way t r a d e / c o n c e s s i o n s t o
c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n . We would, o f cours^, exclude S e r b i a ,
but want t o i n c l u d e Kosovo and Montenegro.
•
We a r e p r e p a r i n g a package which would anow our commitment,
but I w i l l o n l y have a good shot a t w i r m i n g c o n g r e s s i o n a l
s u p p o r t i f t h e EU makes a s i m i l a r e f f o r t .
I know t h a t you
have a range o f i n i t i a t i v e s underway w i t h C e n t r a l and
Southeast Europe. Would urge t h a t / y o u expand t h e most
generous o f these, t h e Lome o r ayronomous t r a d e p r e f e r e n c e s t o
the whole r e g i o n .
Understand t h a t o f f e r i n g m e a n i n g f u l t r a d e concessions w i l l be
p o l i t i c a l l y d i f f i c u l t f o r Vou, as i t w i l l be f o r us. But, we
must make t h e commitment / t o t r y and announce a r e s u l t a t t h e
Summit.
We a r e a s k i n g t h e r e g i o n a l l e a d e r s t o make an " i n v e s t m e n t
compact" and t o conunit t o key reforms t h a t would improve t h e
i n v e s t m e n t c l i m a t e / I want t o make sure t h a t , i n r e t u r n f o r
them making t h o s e / d i f f i c u l t reforms, we do our best t o
m o b i l i z e p r i v a t e / c a p i t a l and m i t i g a t e r i s k t o d i r e c t
investors.
/
To do t h i s , w d ' r e l o o k i n g a t working w i t h t h e EBRD t o c r e a t e a
r e g i o n a l equjKiy fund.
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Would also urge that we work towards g e t t i n g a l l of these
states i n t o the WTO providing the t e c h n i c a l assistance they
need t o meet the c r i t e r i a f o r entry as soon as possible.
• F i n a l l y , I would ask your support f o r as concrete and
ambitious a statement as possible at the summit regarding
eventual EU membership f o r the Southeast European nations
Serbia and Economic Sanctions
Also need t o use Summit t o demonstrate S e r b i a ' s / i s o l a t i o n
under Milosevic, while holding out the prospejzr of r a p i d
i n t e g r a t i o n a f t e r Milosevic.
Milosevic i s s e r i o u s l y weakened, and we have a window of
o p p o r t u n i t y t o b r i n g fundamental change/to the region.
Understand t h a t EU f o r e i g n ministers/discussed sanctions at
t h e i r Monday meeting, and asked th^r Commission t o look at
p o s s i b i l i t i e s f o r l i f t i n g some.
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Need t o keep sanctions f u l l y ipf place, Milosevic w i l l e x p l o i t
any h i n t t h a t they w i l l be re/axed.
•
I n f a c t , we s t i l l need t o t/ighten implementation of e x i s t i n g
f i n a n c i a l sanctions targelzed at Milosevic and h i s regime.
Hope you can convince incaividual EU countries t o take
necessary steps, follow/ng the recent example of Switzerland.
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PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR
•
Looking f o r w a r d t o t h e Sarajevo Summit. Must work i n t e n s i v e l y
i n t h e r e m a i n i n g days t o ensure m e a n i n g f u l r e s u l t s .
•
We a l l agree t h a t we want s u b s t a n t i v e outcomes from S a r a j e v o ^
I b e l i e v e t h a t we should t r y t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r a t r a d e
i n i t i a t i v e t h a t prepares Southeast Europe f o r f u l l and r ^ 5 i d
i n t e g r a t i o n i n t o t h e European and g l o b a l t r a d i n g syster
•
The f i r s t s t e p t o do i s t o show t h e s i n c e r i t y o f oufr s u p p o r t
f o r t h e r e g i o n . The U.S. and EU can agree t o g e t h e r t o g r a n t ,
as soon as p o s s i b l e , u n i l a t e r a l , one way t r a d e / c o n c e s s i o n s t o
c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n . We would, o f course/f exclude S e r b i a ,
but want t o i n c l u d e Kosovo and Montenegro.
•
We a r e p r e p a r i n g a package which would snow our commitment,
but I w i l l o n l y have a good shot a t w i n n i n g c o n g r e s s i o n a l
s u p p o r t i f t h e EU makes a s i m i l a r e f f o r t .
I know t h a t you
have a range o f i n i t i a t i v e s underway^with C e n t r a l and
Southeast Europe. Would urge t h a t / y o u expand t h e most
generous o f these, t h e Lome o r autonomous t r a d e p r e f e r e n c e s t o
the whole r e g i o n .
•
Understand t h a t o f f e r i n g m e a n i n g f u l t r a d e concessions w i l l be
p o l i t i c a l l y d i f f i c u l t f o r yo/, as i t w i l l be f o r us. But, we
must make t h e commitment t o / t r y and announce a r e s u l t a t t h e
Summit.
•
We a r e a s k i n g t h e r e g i o n a l l e a d e r s t o make an " i n v e s t m e n t
compact" and t o commit / t o key reforms t h a t would improve t h e
investment climate.
/ w a n t t o make sure t h a t , i n r e t u r n f o r
them making those d i f f i c u l t reforms, we do our best t o
m o b i l i z e p r i v a t e c a p i t a l and m i t i g a t e r i s k t o d i r e c t
investors.
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To do t h i s , we're/ l o o k i n g a t working w i t h t h e EBRD t o c r e a t e a
r e g i o n a l equity^/fund.
•
Would a l s o u r g ^ t h a t we work towards g e t t i n g a l l o f these
s t a t e s i n t o t h e WTO p r o v i d i n g t h e t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e t h e y
need t o meet t h e c r i t e r i a f o r e n t r y as soon as p o s s i b l e .
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�F i n a l l y , I would ask your support f o r as concrete and
ambitious a statement as possible at the summit regarding
eventual EU membership f o r the Southeast European nations,
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TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH PRIME MINISTER BLAIR
AND EU COMMI35IONER PRODI
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FROM: SAMUEL BERGER
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PURPOSE
Secure s u p p o r t f o r our proposed econoipic i n i t i a t i v e s a t t h e J u l y
3 0 [ s t a b i l i t y PactjSummit i n S a r a j e v o / S t r e s s t o P r o d i t h e need
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Euxope-J^o - do v o l op a s e r i e s ^ o f ' i n i t i a t i v e s f o r t h e Sarajevo
Summit^ ifte-luding i n t h o .ci'conomi-G ^icil-d. You faava asked us t o
f i n d v a n — i a n o v a t i v c approach, s i m i l a r t o t h e one o u t l i n e d by
George Soros. Although/ irnter-Qst i.Q^_an.ci. i n n o v a t i v e , t h e Soros
p r o p o s a l would n o t prqpVi-de r e a l long-term b e n e f i t s ^ to- t-fee
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access t o U.S. and EO markets. f i r t h a t s p i r i t , we have prepared
a comprehensive s t o ^ t e g y which .includes a t r a d e i n i t i a t i v e , an
investment compact? and a commitnent t o h e l p achieve WTO
membership. We W^nt t h e Europeans t o support these and g i v e a
c o n c r e t e statemynt r e g a r d i n g e v e n t u a l EU membership.
Trade I n i t i a t i v e :
We recommend c o m m i t t i n g 'to u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e
p r e f e r e n c e s , s i m i l a r t o ^ . ^ ^ ^ r i b b e a n Basiix, I n i t i a t ^ v ^ t o
c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n ^-fetiei. tharr Sert^.i.a, c wo-i-i'^ac Kosovo and
Montenegro .^^^Th^s^pref erences should fee u h i f o r ^ a c x a a s - i f e e
I^jg4r&ti a n d ^ s 'generous as p o s s i b l e to_rap-idl-y spur economic
development. We would n o t , -,ifi—t.urnr^request s p e c i a l access
r i g h t s t o U.S. o r EU e x p o r t s . This p r o v i d e ^ ' immediate access t o
developed markets and t h e g r e a t e s t s h o r t - t e r m t a n g i b l e b e n e f i t .
However, i n o r d e r f o r t h i s t o be a success, EU p a r t i c i p a t i o n i s
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i n c l u d e expanding'the l i s t o f e l i g i b l e goods, w i t h .the e x c e p t i o n
o f c e r t a i n t e x t i l e s . A l t h o u g h a m a j o r i t y o f p r o d u c t s from these
c o u n t r i e s , except f o r B u l g a r i a and Romania, a l r e a d y e n t e r d u t y f r e e under GSP o r normal t r a d e s t a t u s , t h e U S . would o f f e r a
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(except sugar) a t l i t t l e p o l i t i c a l o r economic c o s t . We a r e i n
the process o f making c o n g r e s s i o n a l c a l l s . - t o t e s t t h e w a t e r s .
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growth, we propose a * compact" under'which- l e a d e r s from o u t s i d e
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l e a d e r s would commit t o concrete a c t i o n s t o improve t h e
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regional equity fund.. The fund would invest in private or
privatizing enterprises in the region (to include Kosovo and
Montenegro) , help leverage private financingfrromin-etifrufcimij
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TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR
Sarajevo
Summit Trade I n i t i a t i v e s
•
Looking f o r w a r d t o t h e Sarajevo Summit. Must work i n t e n s i v e l y
i n t h e r e m a i n i n g days t o ensure meaningful, r e s u l t s .
•
We a l l agree t h a t we want s u b s t a n t i v e outcomes from Sarajevo.
We s h o u l d t r y t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r a t r a d e i n i t i a t i v e t h a t
prepares Southeast Europe f o r f u l l and r a p i d i n t e g r a t i o n i n t o
European and g l o b a l t r a d e .
•
The f i r s t s t e p i s t o show our Support f o r t h e r e g i o n . The
U.S. and EU can agree t o g e t h e r t o g r a n t u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e
concessions'! strofteet t o c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n . We would
exclude Serlpia, b u t i n c l u d e Kosovo and Montenegro.
•
We a r e p r e p a r i n g a package t o show our commitment, b u t I w i l l
o n l y w i n c o n g r e s s i o n a l support i f t h e EU makes a s i m i l a r
effort.
I know t h a t you have a range o f i n i t i a t i v e s underway
w i t h C e n t r a l and Southeast Europe. Would urge t h a t you expand
the most generous/of these, t h e Lome, o r autonomous t r a d e
p r e f e r e n c e s t o t h e whole r e g i o n .
•
Understand t h a t o f f e r i n g meaningful t r a d e concessions w i l l be
p o l i t i c a l l y d i f f i c u l t , b u t we must make t h e commitment t o t r y
and announce a r e s u l t a t t h e Summit.
Vx?fsking r e g i o n a l l e a d e r s t o make an 'investment compact" and
Acommit t;o key reforms t h a t would improve t h e investment
climate'. I n r e t u r n f o r them making reforms, we s h o u l d
m o b i l i z e p r i v a t e c a p i t a l and m i t i g a t e r i s k t o i n v e s t o r s .
•
We'j/e c o n s i d e r i n g c r e a t i n g a r e g i o n a l e q u i t y fund w i t h EBRD.
•
Vis s h o u l d work g e t t i n g these s t a t e s i n t o t h e WTO p r o v i d i n g t h e
t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e they need t o meet t h e c r i t e r i a f o r e n t r y .
F i n a l l y , I would ask your support f o r as c o n c r e t e and
a m b i t i o u s a statement as p o s s i b l e a t t h e summit r e g a r d i n g
e v e n t u a l EU membership f o r t h e Southeast European n a t i o n s .
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Hope you a r e s e t t l i n g i n t o your new p o s i t i o n . Looking f o r w a r d
to t h e Sarajevo Summit. Must work i n t e n s i v e l y i n t h e
r e m a i n i n g days t o ensure m e a n i n g f u l r e s u l t s .
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We all agree that we want substantive outcomes from Sarajevo.
We should try to bring together a trade initiative that
prepares Southeast Europe for full and rapid integration into
European and global trade.
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The f i r s t s t e p i s t o show our support f o r t h e r e g i o n . The
U.S. and EU can agree t o g e t h e r t o g r a n t u n i l a t e r a l t r a d e
concessions soonest t o c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n . We would
exclude S e r b i a , b u t i n c l u d e Kosovo and Montenegro.
•
We a r e p r e p a r i n g a package t o show our commitment, b u t I w i l l
o n l y w i n c o n g r e s s i o n a l support i f t h e EU makes a s i m i l a r
effort.
I know t h a t you have a range o f i n i t i a t i v e s underway
w i t h C e n t r a l and Southeast Europe. Would urge t h a t you expand
the most generous o f these, t h e Lome, o r autonomous t r a d e
p r e f e r e n c e s t o t h e whole r e g i o n .
•
Understand t h a t o f f e r i n g m e a n i n g f u l t r a d e concessions w i l l be
p o l i t i c a l l y d i f f i c u l t , b u t we must make t h e commitment t o t r y
and announce a r e s u l t a t t h e Summit.
•
A s k i n g r e g i o n a l l e a d e r s t o make an * investment compact" and
commit t o key reforms t h a t would improve t h e i n v e s t m e n t
c l i m a t e . . I n r e t u r n f o r them making reforms, we s h o u l d
m o b i l i z e p r i v a t e c a p i t a l and m i t i g a t e r i s k t o i n v e s t o r s .
•
We're c o n s i d e r i n g c r e a t i n g a r e g i o n a l e q u i t y fund w i t h EBRD.
/ We s h o u l d work g e t t i n g
these s t a t e s i n t o t h e WTO p r o v i d i n g t h e
t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e they need t o meet t h e c r i t e r i a f o r e n t r y .
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F i n a l l y , I would ask your support f o r as c o n c r e t e and
a m b i t i o u s a statement as p o s s i b l e a t t h e summit r e g a r d i n g
e v e n t u a l EU membership f o r t h e Southeast European n a t i o n s .
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Spoke w i t h C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder t o convey t h a t we needed t o
come t o c l o s u r e on a successor f o r NATO SYG Solana.
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T o l d him we would be prepared t o support Scharping, i f
Schroeder p u t s him i n t h e r u n n i n g .
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S t a t e t h a t we a l s o l i k e d Haekkerup, and we would l o o k v e r y
f a v o r a b l y on any o f t h e UK candidates mentioned i n t h e press,
i n c l u d i n g Paddy Ashdown.
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make a d e c i s i o n w i t h i n a week
b e f o r e Sarajevo.
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i n the. remaining days t o ensure meaningful r e s u l t s .
• We a l l agree that we want substantive outcomes from Sarajevo.
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region. The U.S. and EU can agree tag^tker- t o grant/—as ooon—•
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countries i n tTTe—tegran,. We would^ nr r o n r m ^ exclude Serbia,
but want to- include Kosovo and^Montenegro.
• We are preparing a package wk4eh would show our commitment,
but I w i l l only havo a cjuud Lihot- crt> winn-iug congressional
support i f the EU makes a s i m i l a r e f f o r t . I know t h a t you
have a range of i n i t i a t i v e s underway w i t h Central and
Southeast Europe. Would urge that you expand the most
generous of these, the, Lome, or autonomous trade preferences to
the whole region.
• Understand t h a t o f f e r i n g meaningful trade concessions w i l l be
p o l i t i c a l l y d i f f i c u l t , f n r ynm—a-o i t w i l l bo f o r uc i ^ u t ^ we
must make the commitment to t r y and announce a r e s u l t at the
Summit.
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We are asking/the regional leaders to make an "investment
compact" and/to commit to key reforms that would improve the
investment climate. J-want -to makp sure thaJi/ _£n return for
them making' those difficult reforms, we do our best to
mobilize brivate capital and mitigate /isk to direct
investors/.
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To do tjfiis, we're looking at working w i t h the EBRD t o create a
regiona/l equity fund.
• Would also urge t h a t we work towards g e t t i n g .aJJ—cu£_these
states i n t o the WTO providing the t e c h n i c a l assistance they
need t o meet the c r i t e r i a f o r entry as soon as p o s s i b l e .
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Spoke w i t h C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder t o convey t h a t we needed t o
come t o c l o s u r e on a successor f o r NATO SYG Solana.
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T o l d him we would be prepared t o support Scharping, i f
Schoreder p u t s him i n t h e r u n n i n g .
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S t a t e t h a t we a l s o l i k e d Haekkerup, and we"'would l o o k v e r y
f a v o r a b l y on any o f t h e UK candidates mentioned i n t h e press,
i n c l u d i n g Paddy Ashdown.
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Schroeder s a i d he d e l a y p u t t i n g Scharping f o r w a r d , b u t would
make a d e c i s i o n w i t h i n a week -- b e f o r e Sarajevo.
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h Gerry Adams o f Sinn Fein
PARTICIPANTS:
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The P r e s i d e n t
Sinn Fein P r e s i d e n t Gerry Adams
Notetakers:
Deana S u t l i f f , Frank J a r o s i n s k i ,
James Smith and Dick Norland
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The Residence
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
Gerry.
(U)
H e l l o , Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
How are you?
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The P r e s i d e n t :
I'm a l r i g h t . I j u s t wanted t o c a l l and t a l k t o
you one more time b e f o r e t h i s comes down. I know how hard you've
worked on t h i s decommissioning i s s u e , b u t we've been i n touch
w i t h t h e I r i s h and B r i t i s h governments and I ' v e t a l k e d t o most o f
Sinn Fein's f r i e n d s i n Congress t h e l a s t few days, and no one I
t a l k e d t o b e l i e v e s what t h e IRA i s prepared t o say t o
de C h a s t e l a i n about arms and e x p l o s i v e s and t h e n t o say he can't
say t h a t p u b l i c l y w i l l p r e v e n t t h i s whole t h i n g from going down.
The i n s t i t u t i o n s w i l l be suspended and I don't know how t h e h e l l
w e ' l l ever g e t them up a g a i n . Then i t w i l l be even more
d i f f i c u l t ; t h e IRA w i l l l o o k l i k e t h e y ' r e c r y i n g u n c l e , i n s t e a d
of squeezing o u t t h e l a s t ounce o f good w i l l , e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e
B l a i r i s p r e p a r e d t o go f o r w a r d w i t h implementing t h e P a t t e n
Report.
We're j u s t i n a t e r r i b l e s i t u a t i o n .
I don't know i f
t h e r e ' s a n y t h i n g you can do t o get a c l e a r commitment on a
timetable.
I am v e r y w o r r i e d about t h i s . I t h i n k de C h a s t e l a i n
w i l l have no c h o i c e , and T r i m b l e i s gone i f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s are
not suspended. I f t h e y are suspended, we w i l l a l l do our b e s t t o
keep them a l i v e , b u t i t does n o t h e l p t h e IRA a t a l l . (^f
Mr. Adams:
I t w i l l work backward.
The P r e s i d e n t :
I t w i l l be even harder f o r them. R i g h t now,
t h e y ' r e i n an admirable p o l i t i c a l s i t u a t i o n , s a y i n g , we made
everyone f o r k over b e f o r e we d i d . " We can g e t by w i t h o u t an a c t
i f t h e r e ' s a c l e a r commitment and t i m e t a b l e , b u t w i t h o u t t h a t , I
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t h i n k de C h a s t e l a i n i s going t o i s s u e h i s r e p o r t , i n s t i t u t i o n s
w i l l be suspended and t h e IRA — I agree w i t h you, i t w i l l work
backward. Otherwise, T r i m b l e i s going t o f a l l .
They a r e going
t o g e t him. No one I know t h i n k s he w i l l s u r v i v e . No one w i l l
say, i n v e s t m e n t s a r e coming i n , we j u s t hope t h e IRA does r i g h t
down t h e road."
They j u s t won't do i t . (#]
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Mr. Adams: I think that there are -- first of all, I agree with
you on the seriousness of the situation. Have you seen the
words? (St)
The President: It says something like they will consider putting
arms beyond use -- (£)
Mr. Adams: Yes, i t a l s o says IRA guns a r e s i l e n t and t h e r e i s no
t h r e a t t o t h e peace process by t h e IRA. (^)
The
President:
But they won't even l e t h i m make t h a t one p u b l i c .
Mr. Adams: I t h i n k David T r i m b l e , i f he r e c e i v e s a p o s i t i v e
r e p o r t from de C h a s t e l a i n and he notes t h e B r i t i s h government
accepts t h a t as p o s i t i v e , then he c l e a r l y has t h e p o l i t i c a l w i l l
t o go back. (^5
The P r e s i d e n t : But t h e problem i s , t h e i r view i s they've done
what t h e y ' r e supposed t o do and, h e l l , t h i s c o u l d t a k e p l a c e i n
2010.
(^)
Mr. Adams:
Well, okay.
I mean —
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The P r e s i d e n t : Look, we can buy a few days here because t h e
B r i t i s h and I r i s h a r e b o t h committed t o do t h e b e s t t h e y can,
even i f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s a r e suspended. The problem i s , t h e
language would seem l e s s c o n d i t i o n a l i f t h e r e were any r e f e r e n c e
t o a t i m e t a b l e . I know t h e IRA view i s t h e y gave f i r s t because
t h e y gave t h e p r i n c i p l e o f consent, b u t everybody e l s e ' s view o f
t h i s i s a l l t h e o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e Good F r i d a y Accord and even
the P a t t e n Report i s b e i n g implemented and t h a t was d i f f i c u l t f o r
t h e u n i o n i s t s — and d i f f i c u l t i s a m i l d word -- and o l d T r i m b l e
i s s t i l l hanging on, b u t t h e r e i s no c l e a r t i m e t a b l e . I f t h e
language were p u b l i c and t h e r e was a t i m e t a b l e r e f e r e n c e d , i t
would seem l e s s c o n d i t i o n a l , b u t w i t h o u t a t i m e t a b l e t h i s
language seems v e r y c o n d i t i o n a l indeed.
I don't t h i n k t h e r e ' s
any chance o f g e t t i n g a p o s i t i v e r e p o r t o u t o f t h i s .
Mr. Adams: Okay, I am going t o t a l k t o Tony and a l s o go have a
meeting w i t h Peter Mandelson. I don't t h i n k i t i s g o i n g t o be
p o s s i b l e , i n f a c t I know i t won't be p o s s i b l e . We t r i e d t o get a
d e f i n i t i v e t i m e t a b l e . What we g o t was i n t e n t on m o d a l i t i e s and
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on a timetable determined by political developments as opposed to
a calendar timetable. It is going to cause trouble within the
IRA, no matter what people think, trouble within the IRA and its
leadership. The worst possible scenario was failing to get the
IRA to move, because the IRA's position was that not under any
circumstances will they decommission, and now they are saying
they will consider decommissioning, putting weapons beyond use,
which is the exact wording of the legislation, which is a total
change from their previously stated position. Whatever has been
created in terms of public expectation of the IRA, the fact is
this is a unilateral deadline set by the unionists. But that is
not the way to try and make this work. There is perhaps some
room to maneuver in terms of de Chastelain including some of the
statement in his report, if that helps, if there are problems in
not being able to publicize or publicly comment on this. I think
there is a possibility, but only in the context that it would
help stabilize the situation. We won't get it; we tried over the
weekend to get a definitive timetable. For all that is said
about the Patten Report, the reality is it is all promises.
We've seen no legislation from the British. Demilitarization has
not happened; there has been remilitarization. Two children — •
two teenagers -- were killed in my constituency some years ago, a
young girl and boy, killed by British soldiers. They were
joyriding and they were killed. The soldiers perjured
themselves. Today all the charges were dropped. All of this is
playing into what was done. The guns are silent. I don't
believe for a moment that Tony Blair for one moment disagrees
with my analysis of how this can be done. I think he accepts it.
The problem is in the unionists who are dictating this, not in
the Irish government by itself or in the British government. I
think it is in the way this issue has been used to choke the
process. (jifi
The P r e s i d e n t : I agree w i t h a l l t h a t b u t l o o k , t h e problem i s
the whole Good F r i d a y Accord and t h e e l e c t i o n s a r e a l l premised
on a l l t h e p i e c e s f a l l i n g i n t o p l a c e a t t h e same t i m e .
[ B r e a k } . . . o f t h e Accord t h a t s e t up t h e t i m e t a b l e f o r
decommissioning. A l l t h e v o t i n g proceeded under t h e assumption
i t would happen. Now, t h e u n i o n i s t s have absorbed t h e f a c t t h a t
i t w i l l n o t a l l u n f o l d as t h e accord p r e d i c t e d , b u t s t i l l t h e r e
i s t h i s process and i t has t o have some i n t e g r i t y t o i t . The IRA
may n o t c a r e , b u t a l l t h e Americans who have n o r m a l l y been so
s u p p o r t i v e o f you w i l l b a s i c a l l y say t h e same t h i n g , t h a t they
d i d n ' t come across. As a p r a c t i c a l m a t t e r , I t h i n k t h a t ' s what
i s going t o happen. The r e a l problem was T r i m b l e g o t those guys
to go a l o t f u r t h e r t h a n I thought he c o u l d . He's eaten a l o t
more t h a n t h e IRA has, he's eaten h i s words f o u r o r f i v e t i m e s ,
and t h e n he j u s t found a way t o g e t o u t o f i t and s u r v i v e . I
j u s t don't t h i n k he can do t h a t now. I f you can work a d e a l w i t h
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If you can get something specific on the Patten Report, maybe you
can use that. Details of how it's going to be implemented and
when. Maybe you can synchronize that with the IRA commitment.
Maybe they'll be willing to do that. (JS)
Mr. Adams: The big problem for the IRA is that the
decommissioning issue will be dictated by political circumstances
that exist, not a timetable which they never signed up to. (JS]
The P r e s i d e n t : But i f t h a t ' s t h e i s s u e , what i f you worked o u t
w i t h Mandelson and B l a i r a t i m e t a b l e on t h e P a t t e n Report and
agreed t o g e t t h e IRA t o say, " I f they do t h i s and t h i s , w e ' l l do
the f o l l o w i n g t h i n g s . " ( g )
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Mr. Adams: It wouldn't work in that context. The big problem
for the IRA is the unarmed police service. We can probably get
unionists to buy it, but for the republicans, it is still a
partitionist service. Our whole intent was to get the IRA out of
the game, on the sidelines, so other people could take more
pragmatic positions. So the big thing is to keep the IRA
sidelined and spectating in all this. So I am going to see
Mandelson, because we have to make the best effort to make sure
this situation is rescued. I would mislead you if you left with
the impression that something could be done on Patten which could
help on this, but I'll go and see Mandelson now. (JS]
The P r e s i d e n t : L e t me ask you: i f they want t h e t i m e t a b l e t o be
d i c t a t e d by p o l i t i c a l circumstances, why can't t h e r e be some
statement t h a t i f such and such occurs, we w i l l do something?
Mr. Adams: That's what the statement says. Let me just read it
to you. "The IRA wants a permanent peace in Ireland. IRA guns
are silent. We have contributed in a real and meaningful way to
the search for a durable peace, but for that goal to be reached,
steps taken need to be sustained. British forces and loyalist
militias must be removed. The challenge is to remove the cause
of conflict. In this context, and in the context of the full
implementation of the Good Friday Accord, the leadership of the
IRA will consider how to put arms and explosives beyond use. For
our part, we are committed to enhancing our engagements with the
IICD to resolve the conflict and deliver a durable peace. There
is no threat to peace by the IRA." That language is going to
cause trouble within republican ranks. (jrf
The P r e s i d e n t : But t h a t ' s buying t r o u b l e w i t h o u t t h e b e n e f i t s .
The p o i n t o f view o f t h e o t h e r guys i s , ' A f t e r a l l they've s a i d ,
they've backed o f f . " This w i l l be read by s k e p t i c s as, you know,
"We m i g h t never do t h i s , even though t h i s ^ w a s p a r t o f t h e d e a l ,
even though p a r t s o f t h e p l a n precedent t o t h e a c t o f
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decommissioning have o c c u r r e d . " This goes back t o my t h i n k i n g i n
the b e g i n n i n g .
I s t i l l t h i n k t h e e a s i e s t t h i n g t o have done t o
buy you t h e most and hamper you t h e l e a s t was a symbolic a c t .
Mr. Adams: I agree with you completely, but we tried and failed.
The problem Is Trimble said things and then backed off. He
shouldn't have said them in the first place and we got him off of
them.
(#)
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
The f a c t remains, i f he goes, we a r e sunk.
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There's no reason f o r him t o go.
The P r e s i d e n t :
I t ' s n o t up t o us i f they depose him. That's t h e
problem, no m a t t e r what t h e r i g h t o r wrong. I t may n o t m a t t e r t o
the IRA, b u t based on what I ' v e heard my view i s everyone w i l l
t r y f o r a s o f t l a n d i n g i f these i n s t i t u t i o n s a r e suspended, b u t
a t l e a s t as o f y e s t e r d a y , when I spoke t o a bunch o f o u r I r i s h
congressmen who have been so s u p p o r t i v e o f you and s t i l l a r e ,
t h e i r u n i v e r s a l view i s they need more. You go t o Mandelson andsee i f you can work i t o u t . We've g o t t o buy a couple o f days.
I don't t h i n k t h i s i s going t o f l y . The i n s t i t u t i o n s w i l l be
suspended and i f we p l e a d w i t h him t o hang on, I t h i n k t h e
chances he w i l l be deposed are about 90 p e r c e n t .
Mr. Adams:
Steinberg.
(S)
L e t me go see Mandelson and g e t back t o Jim
S o r r y t o keep you w a i t i n g ; I wasn't near a l a n d l i n e .
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
Thanks.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
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SUBJECT:
P r e s i d e n t i a l L e t t e r s t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r ,
C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder and P r e s i d e n t P r o d i on
C l i m a t e Change
I n response t o a weekly r e p o r t i t e m fromyGeorge Frampton t h a t
r e f e r e n c e d t h e f i n d i n g s o f a r e c e n t ft VSA Center on G l o b a l
C l i m a t e Change r e p o r t h i g h l i g h t i n g t h j f e c o n o m i c e f f i c i e n c y o f
greenhouse gas emissions t r a d i n g , t h ^ P r e s i d e n t wrote a m a r g i n a l
note s a y i n g " s h o u l d send t h i s with^Eover l e t t e r from me t o Tony
B l a i r and o t h e r EU l e a d e r s . "
Your memo responds t o t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s r e q u e s t and p r o v i d e s cover
l e t t e r s t o B l a i r , Schroeder anc^'Prodi f o r h i s s i g n a t u r e . We
recommend these t h r e e r e c i p i e n t s f o l l o w i n g c o n s u l t a t i o n s w i t h
S t a t e . As a p o i n t o f i n t e r e ^ , t h e Pew Center i s d i r e c t e d by
E i l e e n Claussen, f o r m e r l y o i NSC/Environment d i r e c t o r a t e .
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Dear Tony:
I write with regard to global climate change. Kribwim^ o-f our
common interest in the subject, I am sending yoyf a copy of a
recent Pew Center on Global Climate Change rep.prt on greenhouse
gas emissions trading.
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The r e p o r t emphasizes t h a t an emissions t r y i n g system t h a t i s
g l o b a l i n scope and f l e x i b l e i n applicati^fh w i l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce the costs of climate change m i t i g a t i o n . Minimizing costs
w i l l not only promote compliance w i t h oirr emissions reduction
t a r g e t s , but w i l l also allow us t o mov^e more aggressively over
the long term t o address t h i s challei^ge. The study b u i l d s on a
l a s t year's OECD r e p o r t ]
growing body o f l i t e r a t u r e (includi^
b e n e f i t European countries
t h a t shows t r a d i n g can i i gnii f i rnnj
and other nations f o r whom greenl^use gas abatement i s
r e l a t i v e l y expensive.
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the broader, more open,
merous s t u d i e s als^x-tnake c l e & r t h
nd u n r e s t r i c t e d ^ t f i e t r a d i n g J^yarffem, the greater th^--b^nef i t s .
gned under the
you know,^rfie f l e x i b i l i j t y m e c h a n i s m s b e i n g
Kyoto Pro£<5col a l s o hayetefemendous p o t e n t i a l " t o c o n t r i b u t e t o
our b r p ^ d e r e f f o r t s ^ o prapnote energy e f f i c i e n c y and c l e a n e r
enej?4y developmep't: i n d e ^ l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s .
I hope we can work t o q ^ t h e r t o address these i m p o r t a n t i s s u e s
and set t h e tone f o r M h a l J—hope w i l l be c l o s e c o o r d i n a t i o n
between our governmafits i n the l e a d - u p t o the c l i m a t e change
c o n f e r e n c e a t The Uague l a t e r t h i s y e a r .
I look forward t o
d i s c u s s i n g t h e s e j ^ s u e s w i t h you t h i s s p r i n g .
W i t h best r e g a r d s ,
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MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema o f I t a l y
(U)
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema
Interpreter:
E l i s a b e t t a Ullmann
Notetakers: Don G e n t i l e , Roger M e r l e t t i ,
Miguel A g u i l o , Frank J a r o s i n s k i ,
Deana S u t l i f f and Hoyt Yee
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The President:
March 15, 2000, 1:30 - 1:53 p.m., EST
Oval O f f i c e
Hello.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
The President:
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How are you?
Fine, Massimo.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
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How are you?
Good. Thank you.
(U)
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The President: Thank you f o r t a k i n g t h i s c a l l . I wanted t o t a l k
about Kosovo and my concern about where we're going t h e r e . Over
the past few weeks, I t h i n k we have seen almost d a i l y v i o l e n c e ,
KFOR a t t r i t i o n and a UN o p e r a t i o n t h a t i s going very s l o w l y .
We' re coming i n t o the springtime, which has always been the most
dangerous season i n the Balkans and I'm deeply concerned t h a t
Kosovo could b o i l over and t h a t M i l o s e v i c may s t i r up some
t r o u b l e . During the a i r campaign, we were a l l focused c l o s e l y on
Kosovo and now we have other t h i n g s t o worry about, and I t h i n k
the problem i s n o t g e t t i n g the h i g h - l e v e l a t t e n t i o n i t needs t o
have success t h e r e . fG-)
As I see i t , there are three c r i t i c a l tasks. F i r s t , ensuring t h a t
KFOR has the forces i t needs t o counter any t h r e a t ; second,
g e t t i n g UNMIK the funding i t needs t o do i t s j o b e f f e c t i v e l y and;
t h i r d , d e p l o y i n g enough p o l i c e t o take pressure o f f o f KFOR. fG^
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On the f i r s t issue, KFOR i s g e t t i n g weaker when i t should be
g e t t i n g s t r o n g e r . I understand t h a t you are adding troops and
hope t h a t you can add an a d d i t i o n a l f u l l b a t t a l i o n o f troops t o
those you c u r r e n t l y have deployed t o Kosovo. I'm asking a l l o f
us t o look a t our pledged force l e v e l and t r y t o get back up
t h e r e . I w i l l do the same. We also need t o ensure a smooth
t r a n s i t i o n when the new KFOR commander takes over. We must not
send a s i g n a l t o M i l o s e v i c t h a t t h e r e are weaknesses he can
e x p l o i t . And I t h i n k we need t o i n t e n s i f y e f f o r t s w i t h the
Kosovar Albanians t o counter e x t r e m i s t elements. We sent two o f
our people w i t h the best connections there t h i s weekend t o
d e l i v e r t h a t message. I know t h a t Madeleine has t a l k e d t o your
people about the need f o r p o l i c e but t h i s i s e s s e n t i a l i f we are
to take the pressure o f f o f KFOR. We're sending more people and
I hope you w i l l do the same. We've got t o get more people there.
I'm also very concerned about the UN program UNMIK. They have
been unable t o move forward on c r i t i c a l tasks and are c r i p p l e d by
funding shortages. We have t o get them the resources they need
as q u i c k l y as p o s s i b l e . I t h i n k the appointment o f General Nash
i n M i t r o v i c a should help and I'm doing a l l I can from here. We
have a l r e a d y d i s t r i b u t e d 100 percent o f what we committed t o , b u t
I hope you can do something t o get the EU t o disperse the money
they have committed more q u i c k l y . fG^
Later t h i s month, we also have a r e g i o n a l conference t o finance
i n f r a s t r u c t u r e p r o j e c t s and reforms, and I t h i n k i t i s important
t h a t we a l l make a concrete pledge. We're prepared t o pledge
n e a r l y .$500 m i l l i o n i f others are w i l l i n g t o do t h e i r p a r t .
F i n a l l y , I know t h a t w e ' l l have t o address the Kosovo s t a t u s
issue, but I r e a l l y t h i n k our focus now ought t o be on
e s t a b l i s h i n g s e c u r i t y , b u i l d i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s and developing l o c a l
leaders' sense o f r e s p o n s i b i l i t y so we can have e l e c t i o n s t h i s
fall.
Thank you, Massimo. f&)
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema: Thank you.
concerns and your suggestions
Generally, I do share your
EO 13526 1.4b, EO 13526 1 4
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I w i l l ask t h a t d u r i n g the next
"European Council meeting i n Lisooh a r e p o r t should be prepared on
t h i s and a c o n f i d e n t i a l d i s c u s s i o n among leaders should take
place on t h i s issue. So, i t i s very important t h a t President
Guterres be f u l l y i n v o l v e d i n your concerns so t h a t we can
discuss t h i s issue together next week. f&)
We have decided t h a t we are sending 150 troops t h a t are not
e x a c t l y p o l i c e but armed forces and t r a i n e d f o r t a k i n g c o n t r o l o f
the t e r r i t o r y . And we also have 350 C a r a b i n i e r i t h e r e . We are
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not reducing our forces there, on the c o n t r a r y we are i n c r e a s i n g
them. And i f we also include our people i n Albania, we have a
presence o f 6,300 troops a l l over the area. For us, t h i s i s a
very b i g e f f o r t . However, we w i l l focus our a t t e n t i o n on the
p o l i c e and C a r a b i n i e r i and w e ' l l see i f on t h i s issue we can do
more.
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The President: Yes, I agree w i t h t h a t . I t h i n k i f we are s t r o n g
i n Kosovo, t h i s w i l l discourage M i l o s e v i c from m i s c h i e f i n
Northern Kosovo and also i n d i r e c t l y support Djukanovic and I
agree we have t o help him economically. We have been doing what
we can b u t perhaps we can do more. fG^
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So, t o summarize, I f u l l y share your suggestions and we w i l l
increase our involvement i n p o l i c e forces and m i l i t a r y forces and
i n economic support. I f e e l the need f o r a thorough p o l i t i c a l
a n a l y s i s and f o r t h i s maybe we could put our d i p l o m a t i c advisors
i n touch. And I hope t h a t the European d i s c u s s i o n next week w i l l
help us take steps forward. f&)
The President: Yes, I agree w i t h a l l t h a t , and I look forward t o
working w i t h you on i t . Thank you very much.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
The President:
Thank you. (U)
Thank you, Massimo.
Prime M i n i s t e r D'Alema:
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I hope t o see you soon.
Good bye. (U)
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MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h President Jacques Chirac of
France (U)
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
President Jacques Chirac
Interpreter:
Carol Walter
Notetakers: Don G e n t i l e , Roger M e r l e t t i ,
Miguel A g u i l o , Frank J a r o s i n s k i , and
Deana S u t l i f f
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The President:
March 15, 2000, 1:56 - 2:10 p.m., EST
Oval O f f i c e
Hello.
President Chirac:
The President:
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H e l l o , Mr. President.
H e l l o , Jacques.
President Chirac:
(U)
How are you? (U)
I am very glad t o hear you. (U)
The President: Thanks f o r t a k i n g the c a l l .
t h i n g s about Kosovo. fG-)
President Chirac:
I want t o say a few
I wanted t o t a l k t o you about t h a t .
(U)
The President: The s i t u a t i o n i s d i f f i c u l t there w i t h d a i l y
v i o l e n c e and KFOR a t t r i t i o n and a slow moving UN o p e r a t i o n .
Spring has always been the most d i f f i c u l t season i n the Balkans
and I am w o r r i e d t h a t Kosovo could b o i l over or M i l o s o v i c might
t r y t o s t i r up t r o u b l e . For understandable reasons, we have l o s t
the h i g h - l e v e l a t t e n t i o n we gave t o Kosovo d u r i n g the a i r
campaign. I t h i n k we should put t h i s o p e r a t i o n on a stronger
f o o t i n g . fG^
I t h i n k there are three c r i t i c a l tasks as I see i t . F i r s t ,
ensuring KFOR has the forces i t needs t o counter any t h r e a t .
Second, g e t t i n g the UN the funding i t needs t o do i t s j o b
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�e f f e c t i v e l y . T h i r d , deploying enough p o l i c e t o take the pressure
o f f KFOR to m a i n t a i n s e c u r i t y . KFOR i s g e t t i n g weaker when i t
needs t o get stronger. I understand you have o f f e r e d a d d i t i o n a l
forces and I hope you can employ an a d d i t i o n a l b a t t a l i o n t o those
you deployed. I am asking a l l o f us t o look a t our force l e v e l s
to see i f more i s needed. Also, American forces remain a v a i l a b l e
t o support the French sector i n case o f emergency. I know you
have the most d i f f i c u l t s i t u a t i o n . fe)
We also need t o ensure t h a t when the new KFOR commander takes
over, the t r a n s i t i o n i s smooth so we don't send a s i g n a l o f
weakness t o M i l o s o v i c .
We need to do more t o counter e x t r e m i s t
elements among Kosovar Albanians. We sent two o f our people w i t h
the best connections there t h i s weekend t o d e l i v e r t h a t message.
We a l s o need more p o l i c e . I know Madeleine has t a l k e d t o your
people about t h a t . We are increasing our c o n t r i b u t i o n by more
than 10 percent and we hope you can do the same. fe)
I am a l s o concerned about the status o f the UN operation, UNMIK.
They have been c r i p p l e d by funding shortages, and we have t o get
the resources there so Kouchner can succeed. I t h i n k the
appointment o f General Nash as the r e g i o n a l a d m i n i s t r a t o r i n
M i t r o v i c a w i l l help, and I am doing what I can do here t o
increase our c o n t r i b u t i o n . I hope you w i l l t h i n k about whether
there i s more t h a t you can do and we can push the EU t o disburse
the money even f a s t e r .
There i s also a r e g i o n a l conference l a t e r t h i s month t o finance
i n f r a s t r u c t u r e p r o j e c t s and reforms. I am ready t o pledge about
$500 m i l l i o n i f a l l the others are ready t o do t h e i r p a r t . Of
course, a t some p o i n t , we need t o address the s t a t u s o f Kosovo,
but r i g h t now our focus should be on g e t t i n g the o p e r a t i o n r i g h t
on e s t a b l i s h i n g s e c u r i t y , b u i l d i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s , and developing
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y among l o c a l leaders so we can have e l e c t i o n s l a t e r
t h i s f a l l . (€J
President Chirac: I a b s o l u t e l y agree w i t h t h i s a n a l y s i s . As
concerns the m i l i t a r y means, f i r s t o f a l l we have already__tali
the d e c i s i o n t o r e i n f o r c e our m i l i t a r y presence t h e r e . |
EO 13526 1.4b, EO 13526 1.4d
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m a t e r i a l assistance t o the region, we, w i t h i n the framework o f
the EU, are prepared t o face up to our share o f r e s p o n s i b i l i t y .
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�An hour ago, we received Prodi, EU Chairman, i n my o f f i c e and
discussed t h i s matter p r e c i s e l y along the l i n e s you hoped f o r ,
From t h i s p o i n t o f view there i s no problem.
is d i f f i c u l t .
Last p o i n t , I t h i n k the Contact Group should meet
r e g u l a r l y once again. fG-)
The President: Well, f i r s t o f
e l e c t i o n s should be f i r s t , and
a l l your a l l i e s recognize t h a t
problem. Everyone should take
President Chirac:
a l l , I agree t h a t municipal
I t h i n k t h a t i t ' s important t h a t
M i t r o v i c a i s not j u s t a French
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . f€-)
That's what you d i d . (U)
The President: And I agree on the Contact Group. I t h i n k we
ought t o i n c l u d e Russia. P u t i n wants t o be a c o n s t r u c t i v e
p l a y e r . We w i l l f o l l o w up on a l l these t h i n g s . fG-)
The President:
Thank you. Hope t o see you soon.
President Chirac:
Good bye.
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SUBJECT:
P r e s i d e n t i a l L e t t e r s t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r ,
C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder and P r e s i d e n t P r o d i on
C l i m a t e Change
I n response t o a weekly r e p o r t i t e m from George Frampton t h a t
r e f e r e n c e d t h e f i n d i n g s o f a r e c e n t a Pew Center on G l o b a l
C l i m a t e Change r e p o r t h i g h l i g h t i n g t h e economic e f f i c i e n c y o f
greenhouse gas emissions t r a d i n g , t h e P r e s i d e n t wrote a m a r g i n a l
note s a y i n g " s h o u l d send t h i s w i t h cover l e t t e r from me t o Tony
B l a i r and o t h e r EU l e a d e r s . "
Your memo responds t o the P r e s i d e n t ' s request and p r o v i d e s cover
l e t t e r s t o B l a i r , Schroeder and P r o d i f o r h i s s i g n a t u r e . We
recommend these t h r e e r e c i p i e n t s f o l l o w i n g c o n s u l t a t i o n s w i t h
S t a t e . As a p o i n t o f i n t e r e s t , the Pew Center i s d i r e c t e d by
E i l e e n Claussen, f o r m e r l y o f NSC/Environment d i r e c t o r a t e .
I have r e v i s e d t h e l e t t e r s based on comments from Jim S t e i n b e r g .
The l e t t e r s are not t i m e s e n s i t i v e .
The NSC r e c e i v e d a copy P r e s i d e n t ' s
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Dear M r . P
Knowing o u r shared i n t e r e s t i n g l o b a l clime
change, I have enclosed a r e p o r t on t h e
b e n e f i t s o f greenhouse gas emissions t r a c i n g .
As you know, I f e e l s t r o n g l y t h a t a
emissions t r a d i n g system r e p r e s e n t s M I T best
hope t o c o s t - e f f e c t i v e l y meet t h e gmallenqe o f
c l i m a t e change. T h i s new r e p o r t my t h e nonp r o f i t Pew Center on G l o b a l C l i r n ^ e Change
s u p p o r t s t h e view t h a t a f l e x i h ^ , w e l l
designed t r a d i n g system w i l l y g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce t h e c o s t s o f c l i m a t e cmanqe m i t i g a t i o n .
The s t u d y a l s o b u i l d s on a airowing body o f
l i t e r a t u r e ( i n c l u d i n g a r e d o r t l a s t year by t h e
OECD) showing t h a t t r a d i n g w i l l p a r t i c u l a r l y
b e n e f i t i n d u s t r i a l i z e d i ^ ^ i n t r i e s f o r whom
greenhouse gas abatemeiy i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive,
I a p p r e c i a t e your ^ E o r t s , and those o f your
member c o u n t r i e s , Jto b u i l d an e f f e c t i v e
i n t e r n a t i o n a l /te^ponse t o one o f t h e most
c h a l l e n g i n g i f e s j ^ s o f t h i s new c e n t u r y . I know
our governmejpity can work t o g e t h e r t o achieve
a d d i t i o n a l .pygress at. the c l i m a t e change
conferenc^''
The Hague. I l o o k f o r w a r d t o
d i s c u s s i h ' g ^ h i s c r i t i c a l m a t t e r w i t h you
further..,
Sincerely,
His E x c e l l e n c y
Romano P r o d i
P r e s i d e n t o f t h e European Commission
Brussels
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e n c l o s e d r e p o r t j o n t h e b e n e f i t s o f grej^ihouse
gas emissions t r a d i n g .
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designed t r a d i n g s ystem ^ j r l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce t h e c o s t s o f c l i m a t e change m i t i g a t i o n ,
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of l i t e r a t u r e ( i n c l u j f f n g a r e p o r t l a s t year by
the OECD) showing
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p a r t i c u l a r l y bene 't i n d u s t r i a l i z e d c o u n t r i e s
f o r whom greenho e gas abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
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I a p p r e c i a t e Jpour e f f o r t s , and those o f your EU
p a r t n e r s , t o r b u i l d an e f f e c t i v e i n t e r n a t i o n a l
response t<y one o f t h e most c h a l l e n g i n g issues
o f t h i s nafw c e n t u r y . I know our governments
can w o r k i c o g e t h e r t o achieve a d d i t i o n a l
p r o g r e s j f a t t h e c l i m a t e change conf erence--iat-e-r..
t i & s - ^ w k r ^ a t £Vie Hague. I l o o k f o r w a r d t o
d i s e a s i n g these- c r i t i c a l m a t t e r ^ w i t h you t h i s
spryg.
With best r e g a r d s .
The R i g h t Honorable
Tony B l a i r , M.P.
Prime M i n i s t e r
London
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Dear Mr. P r e s i d e n t :
I thought you would be i n t e r e s t e d / i n the
enclosed report on the b e n e f i t s j p i greenhouse
gas emissions t r a d i n g .
As you know, I f e e l strongl]^(fthat a global
emissions t r a d i n g system rey^resents our best
hope f o r meeting the challiEnge of climate
change c o s t - e f f e c t i v e l y . T h i s new report by
the n o n - p r o f i t Pew Centjrc on Global Climate
Change supports the vi/w t h a t a f l e x i b l e , w e l l
designed t r a d i n g syst/m w i l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce the costs of / l i m a t e change m i t i g a t i o n .
In a d d i t i o n , the st^dy b u i l d s on a growing body
of l i t e r a t u r e (inc/uding a report l a s t year by
the OECD) showingfthat t r a d i n g w i l l
p a r t i c u l a r l y benjefit i n d u s t r i a l i z e d countries
for whom greentylouse gas abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive.
I appreciatefyour e f f o r t s , and those of your
member couiytries, t o b u i l d an e f f e c t i v e
i n t e r n a t i o n a l response t o one of the most
challenging issues of t h i s new century. I know
our govolrnments can work together t o achieve
a d d i t i ^ a l progress a t the climate change
conference l a t e r t h i s year at .?he Hague. I
l o o p forward t o discussing these c r i t i c a l
ma/ters w i t h you f u r t h e r .
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Romano Prodi
President of the European Commission
Brussels
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Dear Gerhard:
I thought you would be i n t e r e s j id i n the
enclosed report on the benefij of greenhouse
gas emissions t r a d i n g .
As you know, I f e e l strongiPy t h a t a global
emissions t r a d i n g system Represents our best
hope f o r meeting the challenge of climate
change c o s t - e f f e c t i v e l y * * This new report by
the n o n - p r o f i t Pew Cen/er on Global Climate
Change supports the v/evi t h a t a f l e x i b l e , well
designed t r a d i n g syyem w i l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce the costs o y c l i m a t e change m i t i g a t i o n .
In a d d i t i o n , the sZudy b u i l d s on a growing body
of l i t e r a t u r e ( i n / l u d i n g a report l a s t year by
the OECD) showin/ that t r a d i n g w i l l
p a r t i c u l a r l y bej/efit i n d u s t r i a l i z e d countries
for whom greenl^buse gas abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive.
I appreciata^your e f f o r t s , and those of your EU
partners, t / b u i l d an e f f e c t i v e i n t e r n a t i o n a l
response t d one o f the most challenging issues
of t h i s n/w century. I know our governments
can work/together t o achieve a d d i t i o n a l
progresy a t the climate change conference l a t e r
t h i s y/ar at £he Hague. I look forward t o
discu/sing these c r i t i c a l matters w i t h you t h i s
sprj/g.
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Gerhard Schroeder
Chancellor of the
Federal Republic of Germany
Berlin
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Dear Gerhard:
I w r i t e w i t h regard t o global cl#hate/change.
Given our common i n t e r e s t i n thM subject, I am
sending you a copy o f a recent/t'ew/Center on
Global Climate Change report dn. g/eenhouse gas
emissions t i ing,
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system t h a t i s globa^v i n seoj/e and f l e x i b l e i n
a p p l i c a t i o n w i l l signiMc^inlrly reduce the costs
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emissions r e d u c t i o n t
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important issues/and set the tone f o r close
c o o r d i n a t i o n Weltween our governments i n the
lead-up t o t l ^ /climate change conference a t The
Hague l a t e r A h L s year. I look forward t o
discussing these issues w i t h you t h i s spring.
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Gerhard Schroeder
Chancellor o f the
Federal Republic o f Germany
Berlin
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WASHINGTON
Dear Mr. President:
I w r i t e w i t h regard t o global climate/change.
Given our common i n t e r e s t i n the apbgect, I am
sending you a^copy o f a recent Pgw/Center on
Global CIimatexchange r e p o r t on^teenhouse gas
emissions tradinc
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of c l i m a t e change m i t i g a t i o n . Minimizing costs
w i l l not only promote ccflKm-iance w i t h our
emissions reduction targec^, but w i l l also
allow us t o move more Aggressively over the
long term t o address Jthi/s challenge. The study
b u i l d s on a growing J^ody o f i i t e r a t u r e
( i n c l u d i n g l a s t yeap's/oECD report) that shows
t r a d i n g can benefijC European couiitries and
other nations forfwhfom greenhouse\qas abatement
i s r e l a t i v e l y ex/ei/sive.
I hope we can worhi together t o address these
important issjees/ and set the tone f o r close
coordinationAiexween our governments i n the
lead-up t o Ipe climate change conference at The
Hague l a t e y t h i s year.
look forward t o
discussinc/these issues w i t h you t h i s spring.
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Sincerely,
His Excellency
Romano Prodi
President of the Europeaii Commission
Brussels
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Dear Tony:
I write with regard to global climate, chanaie. Given our common
interest in the subject,. I am sending you/a copy of a recent Pew
Center on Global Climate Change report OJL greenhouse gas
emissions trading.
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The r e p o r t emphasizes t h a t an emissiaps t r a d i n g system t h a t i s
global i n scope and f l e x i b l e i n a p p l i c a t i o n w i l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce the costs of climate changajpnitigation. Minimizing costs
w i l l not only promote c o m p l i a n c e g i t h our emissions reduction
t a r g e t s , but w i l l also allow us JLO move more aggressively over
the long term t o address t h i s challenge. The study b u i l d s on a
growing body of l i t e r a t u r e (irvcluding l a s t year's OECD report)
t h a t shows t r a d i n g can b e n e f i t European countries and other
nations f o r whom greenhouse gas abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive.
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close coordination between our governments
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I look forward t o discussing these issues w i t h
l a t e r t h i s year
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With best regards,
The R i c r f l t H o n o r a b l e
Tony ^ f a i r , M . P .
Prime M i n i s t e r
London
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Dear Mr. President:
I w r i t e w i t h regard t o global climate change. G^en our common
i n t e r e s t i n the subject, I am sending you a c o t # of a recent Pew
Center on Global Climate Change report on greenhouse gas
emissions t r a d i n g .
The r e p o r t emphasizes t h a t an emissions t r a d i n g system t h a t i s
global i n scope and f l e x i b l e i n applicayfon w i l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce the costs o f climate change i n i t i a t i o n . Minimizing costs
w i l l not only promote compliance with^our emissions reduction
t a r g e t s , but w i l l also allow us to vpve more aggressively over
the long term t o address t h i s challenge. The study b u i l d s on a
growing body o f l i t e r a t u r e ( i n c i t i n g l a s t year's OECD r e p o r t )
t h a t shows t r a d i n g can b e n e f i t ^ u r o p e a n countries and other
nations f o r whom greenhouse g ^ abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive.
studies also mate/clear t h a t thejaroader, more open,
ricted the tdfac^fng system, tbe greater t h e j ^ n e f i t s .
enow, the f l ^ x i b ^ i t y mechap^ms being des^gfied under the
Protocol a^so have tremen^kms p o t e n t i a l > 0 c o n t r i b u t e t o
broader ef-forts
promote energy e f f i g i ^ n c y and cleaner
Energy development i f developing countries.
I hope we can workAtogether t o address these important issues
and set the tone, .or close coordination between our governments
i n the lead-up
the climate change conference a t The Hague
l a t e r t h i s yeaj
I look forward t o discussing these issues w i t h
you t h i s spring.
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Romano Prodi
President o f the European Commission
Brussels
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Dear Gerhard:
I w r i t e w i t h regard t o global climate
i n t e r e s t i n the subject, I am sending
Center on Global Climate Change repoj
emissions t r a d i n g .
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on greenhouse gas
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reduce the costs o f climate chadge m i t i g a t i o n . Minimizing costs
w i l l not only promote complianj^ w i t h our emissions reduction
t a r g e t s , but w i l l also allow jfs t o move more aggressively over
the long term t o address t h ^ challenge. The study b u i l d s on a
growing body of l i t e r a t u r e ^ i n c l u d i n g l a s t year's OECD r e p o r t )
t h a t shows t r a d i n g can b e r p f i t European countries and other
nations f o r whom greenhoi^jle gas abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive.
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i n the lead-upJto the climate change conference at The Hague
l a t e r t h i s y e ^ . I look forward t o discussing these issues w i t h
you t h i s s p r ^
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Gerhard Schroeder
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Berlin
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ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRE^IpENT
FROM:
SAMUEL R. BERG
SUBJECT:
Cover L e t t e r s t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r , P r e s i d e n t
P r o d i and C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder f o r T r a n s m i t t a l o f
Pew Center on G l o b a l C l i m a t e Change Report on
C l i m a t e Change
Purpose
To t r a n s m i t t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r , P r e s i d e n t P r o d i , and
C h a n c e l l o r Schroeder a r e p o r t on greenhouse gas emissions
t r a d i n g by t h e Pew Center on G l o b a l C l i m a t e Change.
Background
You made a m a r g i n a l note on George Frampton's weekly r e p o r t t o
send t h e r e f e r e n c e d r e p o r t t o Tony B l a i r and t h e EU l e a d e r s h i p
w i t h a cover l e t t e r from you. The l e t t e r s you r e q u e s t e d a r e
attached.
The Pew Center r e p o r t a s s e r t s t h a t a worldwide greenhouse gas
emissions t r a d i n g program can c u t t h e c o s t s o f r e d u c i n g
greenhouse gas emissions n e a r l y i n h a l f . The r e p o r t found t h a t
w i t h no t r a d i n g , r e t u r n i n g emissions t o 1990 l e v e l s by 2010
would c o s t t h e seven l a r g e s t i n d u s t r i a l c o u n t r i e s $111.6
billion.
With t r a d i n g o n l y among t h e seven Western i n d u s t r i a l
c o u n t r i e s and former Eastern b l p c c o u n t r i e s , t h e t o t a l c o s t o f
t h e emissions r e d u c t i o n s f a l l s by $20 b i l l i o n .
I f trading i s
w o r l d w i d e i n scope, t h e savings from t r a d i n g r i s e t o $49
billion.
The EU has proposed a s e t o f "caps" on emissions t r a d i n g
mechanisms (e.g. t h a t o n l y 50 p e r c e n t o f emissions r e d u c t i o n s
c o u l d be a c h i e v e d t h r o u g h t r a d i n g ) under t h e Kyoto P r o t o c o l t h a t
would d r i v e up t h e c o s t o f a c h i e v i n g emissions r e d u c t i o n s . The
U n i t e d S t a t e s opposes any such caps on t r a d i n g .
Your l e t t e r
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r e p o r t ' s f i n d i n g s , and urges c l o s e c o o r d i n a t i o n between t h e
U n i t e d S t a t e s and t h e EU on these i s s u e s .
RECOMMENDATION
That you s i g n the a t t a c h e d l e t t e r s a t Tabs A, B, and C.
Attachments
Tab A L e t t e r t o Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
Tab B L e t t e r t o P r e s i d e n t P r o d i
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Tab D M a r g i n a l note on George Frampton's weekly r e p o r t
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Dear Gerhard:
Knowing our shared i n t e r e s t i n global climate
change, I have enclosed a report on the
b e n e f i t s o f greenhouse gas emissions t r a d i n g .
As you know, I f e e l s t r o n g l y t h a t a global
emissions t r a d i n g system represents our best
hope t o c o s t - e f f e c t i v e l y meet the challenge of
climate change. This new report by the nonp r o f i t Pew Center on Global Climate Change
supports the view t h a t a f l e x i b l e , w e l l
designed t r a d i n g system w i l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce the costs o f climate change m i t i g a t i o n .
The study also b u i l d s on a growing body of
l i t e r a t u r e ( i n c l u d i n g a report l a s t year by the
OECD) showing t h a t t r a d i n g w i l l p a r t i c u l a r l y
b e n e f i t i n d u s t r i a l i z e d countries f o r whom
greenhouse gas abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive.
I appreciate your e f f o r t s , and those of your EU
partners, t o b u i l d an e f f e c t i v e i n t e r n a t i o n a l
response t o one of the most challenging issues
of t h i s new century. I know our governments
can work together t o achieve a d d i t i o n a l
progress a t the climate change conference a t
The Hague. I look forward t o discussing t h i s
c r i t i c a l matter w i t h you t h i s spring.
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Gerhard Schroeder
Chancellor o f the
Federal Republic of Germany
Berlin
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WASHINGTON
A p r i l 11, 2000
Dear Romano:
Knowing our shared i n t e r e s t i n global climate
change, I have enclosed a report on the
b e n e f i t s o f greenhouse gas emissions t r a d i n g .
As you know, I f e e l s t r o n g l y t h a t a global
emissions t r a d i n g system represents our best
hope t o c o s t - e f f e c t i v e l y meet the challenge of
climate change. This new report by the nonp r o f i t Pew Center on Global Climate Change
supports the view that a f l e x i b l e , w e l l
designed t r a d i n g system w i l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce the costs o f climate change m i t i g a t i o n .
The study also b u i l d s on a growing body o f
l i t e r a t u r e ( i n c l u d i n g a report l a s t year by the
OECD) showing t h a t t r a d i n g w i l l p a r t i c u l a r l y
b e n e f i t i n d u s t r i a l i z e d countries f o r whom
greenhouse gas abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive.
I appreciate your e f f o r t s , and those of your
member c o u n t r i e s , t o b u i l d an e f f e c t i v e
i n t e r n a t i o n a l response t o one o f the most
challenging issues o f t h i s new century. I know
our governments can work together t o achieve
a d d i t i o n a l progress a t the climate change
conference a t The Hague. I look forward t o
discussing t h i s c r i t i c a l matter w i t h you
further.
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Romano Prodi
President o f the European Commission
Brussels
CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCur
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WASHINGTON
i
A p r i l 11, 2000
Dear Tony:
Knowing o u r shared i n t e r e s t i n g l o b a l c l i m a t e
change, I have enclosed a r e p o r t on t h e
b e n e f i t s o f greenhouse gas emissions t r a d i n g .
As you know, I f e e l s t r o n g l y t h a t a g l o b a l
emissions t r a d i n g system r e p r e s e n t s our best
hope t o c o s t - e f f e c t i v e l y meet t h e c h a l l e n g e o f
c l i m a t e change. T h i s new r e p o r t by t h e nonp r o f i t Pew Center on G l o b a l Climate Change
s u p p o r t s t h e view t h a t a f l e x i b l e , w e l l
designed t r a d i n g system w i l l s i g n i f i c a n t l y
reduce t h e c o s t s o f c l i m a t e change m i t i g a t i o n .
The study a l s o b u i l d s on a growing body o f
l i t e r a t u r e ( i n c l u d i n g a r e p o r t l a s t year by t h e
OECD) showing t h a t t r a d i n g w i l l p a r t i c u l a r l y
b e n e f i t i n d u s t r i a l i z e d c o u n t r i e s f o r whom
greenhouse gas abatement i s r e l a t i v e l y
expensive.
I a p p r e c i a t e your e f f o r t s , and those o f your EU
p a r t n e r s , t o b u i l d an e f f e c t i v e i n t e r n a t i o n a l
response t o one o f t h e most c h a l l e n g i n g i s s u e s
of t h i s new c e n t u r y . I know our governments
can work t o g e t h e r t o achieve a d d i t i o n a l
p r o g r e s s a t t h e c l i m a t e change conference a t
The Hague. I l o o k f o r w a r d t o d i s c u s s i n g t h i s
c r i t i c a l m a t t e r w i t h you t h i s s p r i n g .
With best r e g a r d s ,
The R i g h t Honorable
Tony B l a i r , M.P.
Prime M i n i s t e r
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PARTICIPANTS:
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The President
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r
Notetakers: Jenny McGee, Michael Manning,
Robert W i l l i a m s , Matthew S i b l e y , Don G e n t i l e ,
Richard Norland
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Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
The President:
Hey Tony.
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
The President:
Hi B i l l .
(U)
(U)
We've h i t a snag.
Yes, we sure have.
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Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
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This i s as much t o get your thoughts and advice, B i l l .
I'm s o r r y
f o r t r o u b l i n g you. This i s the s i t u a t i o n . When Trimble l a s t
went t o h i s U l s t e r U n i o n i s t Council, they passed a r e s o l u t i o n
t h a t s a i d they couldn't go back i n t o the Executive again unless
he r e t a i n e d the name o f the RUC i n some way.
The President: Yes, I saw i t .
resolution.
fG}
I even got a copy o f t h e
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
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The President: Yes, what I t h i n k , what I'm concerned about and
what t h e SDLP i s a l s o concerned about i s t h a t t h e u n i o n i s t s w i l l
c a l l i t RUC and the C a t h o l i c s won't j o i n i t . I t h i n k t h e SDLP i s
w o r r i e d t h e r e won't be any C a t h o l i c s t o j o i n because t h e
u n i o n i s t s w i l l use t h i s t o r e f e r t o themselves as RUC. fe}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
The President: Let me t e l l you what bothers me about your
difficulties.
I worry t h a t i f you put t h i s l e g i s l a t i o n through
l i k e t h i s and Sinn Fein withdraws t h e i r o f f e r , we are worse o f f
than i f we're i n a stalemate and we j u s t h o l d t h e IRA t o t h e i r
o f f e r . Ever since t h e l a s t impasse, I thought t h e u n i o n i s t s had
the complete h i g h ground. Now i t looks t o me l i k e the IRA and
Sinn Fein have t h e h i g h ground, e s p e c i a l l y i f the SDLP s t i c k s
w i t h them r h e t o r i c a l l y .
I f you can't get t h i s done, the question
i s , what do you want t o give up r i g h t now? I'm very w o r r i e d
about i t . We can t r y again, but we've been working on Sinn Fein
a l l day and we haven't g o t t e n any f u r t h e r than you. Now they
want t o change the Patten r e p o r t , t h a t ' s t h e i r p e r s p e c t i v e . I
know what t h e counter-arguments are; i t ' s a lousy deal e i t h e r
way.
E i t h e r way, I f e e l so badly f o r you. The o n l y t h i n g t h a t
bothers me i s the SDLP. No matter what the u n d e r t a k i n g i s , the
u n i o n i s t s would continue t o r e f e r t o i t i n t h a t way i n every nono f f i c i a l channel p o s s i b l e and t h a t would keep the C a t h o l i c s from
joining.
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p o u r i n g o l d grudges i n t o l i t t l e words. We can t a l k t o them
again, b u t I have next t o no hope t h e y ' l l change and i f they
don't, what's c o n f r o n t i n g you i s what you're b e t t e r o f f g i v i n g
up. I ' d r e a l l y be w o r r i e d i f these IRA guys withdraw t h e i r o f f e r
before we p u t i t on t h e t a b l e . Would you want something e l s e , a
t i t f o r t a t deal? Any way, can you buy y o u r s e l f another 24 hours
to keep working on t h i s ? ( &
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Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
The President: I ' l l keep t h i n k i n g about i t some more t o come up
w i t h a n y t h i n g e l s e . I r e a l l y have only been pondering i t f o r
about 3 0 minutes because I thought i t would g e t worked o u t . Our
guys pounded Sinn Fein today. fG}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
p o s i t i o n . f€4-
They f e e l they're i n a v e r y s t r o n g
The President: Yes, they f i n a l l y got t h e h i g h ground back. I
know t h e I r i s h community here was so r e l i e v e d when t h e IRA s a i d
t h a t they would commit themselves t o p u t arms beyond use; before
t h a t , t h e I r i s h here were i n t h e uncomfortable p o s i t i o n o f
f i n d i n g themselves d i s i l l u s i o n e d w i t h Sinn Fein. Now they f e e l
they k i n d o f came across and took a huge step forward. I am
sympathetic t o Trimble's p o s i t i o n , but I don't know what t o do
r i g h t now. I sure worry about t a k i n g t h e r i s k t h e IRA w i l l take
the o f f e r o f f t h e t a b l e and I don't know what I would do i f I
were you. f&}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
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The President: That's why you t r y t o buy a l i t t l e time. Do you
t h i n k t h e r e i s any chance i f Trimble and Adams met, they could
work t h i s out? fe}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
I w i l l t r y t o buy time.
would f i l l you i n on t h e s i t u a t i o n . fe}
I j u s t thought I
The President: Do you t h i n k t h a t i f Trimble and Adams met, they
could work i t out? fe}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
them t o do t h a t .
I t ' s p o s s i b l e , and may be worth g e t t i n g
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The President: That's why I wondered. The problem i s i f they
had a meeting and i t leaked, then everyone would t r y t o s p i n t h e
crap out o f i t i f t h e r e was no r e s o l u t i o n . I t ' s t h e s o r t o f
t h i n g t h a t might work i f they looked a t each o t h e r face t o face,
assuming- no p r a c t i c a l impact and assuming you can work i t out
w i t h t h e C a t h o l i c s t o n o t refuse t o j o i n , o r even have Hume
t h e r e . They've been a t loggerheads f o r so long and come so f a r .
I t would be t r u l y h e a r t b r e a k i n g , since they made t h i s b i g move on
decommissioning. Maybe you could f i n d a way out o f i t , i f they
sat down and t a l k e d , maybe they could work t h i s out. I don't
know i f t h i s i s t r u e , I'm j u s t t h i n k i n g . fe}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
I t ' s worth t r y i n g .
anything's worth t r y i n g . fG}
The P r e s i d e n t :
w i l l i n g ? fG}
To be honest,
Do you t h i n k you ought t o ask t o see i f they were
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
I do. fG}
The President: Do you t h i n k i t would be b e t t e r o r worse i f Hume
were there? f&}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
The P r e s i d e n t : Yeah, I know. I f he has t h i s language, he can
say I'm d e c i d i n g the requirement has been s a t i s f i e d , and we are
going t o stand up t h e government. I f t h e language i s n o t i n
t h e r e , then he has t o a c t u a l l y c a l l them a l l back t o g e t h e r and
get another v o t e . fe}
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Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
E x a c t l y . fe}
The President: Well, l e t me t a l k t o our guys about t h i s and
t h i n k about whether you want t o ask them t o get t o g e t h e r and have
anybody t h e r e , o r j u s t t h e two o f them alone i n a room t a l k i n g .
I t h i n k they b o t h r e a l i z e they have come a long way and they both
have u n r u l y elements i n t h e i r c o a l i t i o n s . I t would be a t r a v e s t y
t o l e t t h i s s l i p away now, and they might be able t o f i n d an
answer among themselves t h a t we haven't thought o f . They know
t h e i r needs b e t t e r than we t h i n k we know t h e i r needs. fe}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
The President:
Yes. fe}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
I can't b e l i e v e there's not a l e g a l way o r
u n d e r t a k i n g capable o f e l i m i n a t i n g t h a t problem. fe}
The P r e s i d e n t : Let me ask you t h i s -- t h e u n i o n i s t s , when they
passed t h i s r e s o l u t i o n , what d i d they have i n mind? They
b a s i c a l l y d i d n ' t want t o erase t h e r o l e t h e RUC h i s t o r y played,
and pretend t h a t Northern I r e l a n d was independent and not a p a r t
of Great B r i t a i n ? fG}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
The President: I wonder i f there's some way f o r Burhside t o work
out some s o r t o f statement t h a t would be s u f f i c i e n t l y r e a s s u r i n g
t o Sinn Fein, so they would be a b s o l u t e l y sure t h e C a t h o l i c s
would be comfortable j o i n i n g t h i s f o r c e . fe}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
That's a p o s s i b i l i t y .
(£}
The P r e s i d e n t : I f they're not j u s t w o r r i e d about t h e words, b u t
the p r a c t i c a l impact, t h e r e might be some way f o r people t h a t
supported t h i s t o h e l p . That's another t h i n g I t h i n k t h a t works
on them. One o f t h e t h i n g s I learned about Adams and McGuinness,
they were very w o r r i e d t h a t t h e i r requirements would cause
Trimble t o f a l l .
I f you can get some o f these guys who caused
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something, maybe even something else t h a t c o u l d be adopted t h a t
Trimble, g i v e n t h e support o f these guys, c o u l d take t o h i s
people, t h a t might a l s o work. There's a theology o f t h e words,
which you may not ever be able t o solve, and t h e p r a c t i c a l impact
of them, which you might be able t o solve, o r a t l e a s t some basis
on which Trimble c o u l d t a l k t o Adams and work t h i s o u t . My
i n s t i n c t i s t h i s seems t o be t h e r e a l l a s t straw and a s i t u a t i o n
where Adams might c l a i m t h a t Trimble i s t r y i n g t o change t h e
importance o f t h e Patten r e p o r t . Maybe t h a t ' s t h e answer. Maybe
the sponsors of t h i s r e s o l u t i o n could do something t h a t would
support Trimble and reassure Adams. That and having them meet
t o g e t h e r are t h e o n l y ideas I've got r i g h t now. I've had a
hundred conversations w i t h Gerry Adams and I c o u l d have another
one, b u t based on what my guys say, I t h i n k I ' d be b e t t e r o f f
c a l l i n g him and u r g i n g him t o meet p e r s o n a l l y w i t h Trimble and
u r g i n g t h e same t h i n g on Trimble. There are two t h i n g s t h e r e .
There i s psychology and theology, where Sinn Fein and t h e IRA
t h i n k they have t h e h i g h ground and then t h e r e i s t h e p r a c t i c a l ,
and I t h i n k , understandable f e a r t h a t no matter how you s l i c e
t h i s , t h e people who've been t h e dominant p a r t y w i l l f i n d a way
to use t h i s t o make i t very uncomfortable f o r t h e C a t h o l i c s t o be
a p a r t o f t h i s i n s t i t u t i o n , which w i l l undermine a l l t h e g r i e f
you've taken f o r l e t t i n g people out o f p r i s o n . fG}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
I t h i n k there may be something i n t h a t .
The P r e s i d e n t : You want t o t h i n k about i t and I ' l l have my
people be i n touch w i t h your guys? I know i t ' s l a t e f o r you, b u t
i t ' s e a r l y here and I w i l l be up l a t e , so I can s t a r t e a r l y i n
the morning, i f you want. fG}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r : That's very h e l p f u l ; t h e r e may be
something i n t h a t . fG}
The P r e s i d e n t : Talk t o your f o l k s and have them get back t o us
and i f you want me t o make c a l l s a t t h e crack o f dawn, I w i l l be
happy t o do t h a t . Get some r e s t . The worst t h i n g we can do i s
having everybody where they can't t h i n k anymore. I t ' s n o t so
l a t e f o r me and I've got a l o t o f work t o do, and I ' l l be happy
to do t h a t , so I can make t h e e a r l y morning c a l l . Let me know,
fe}
Prime M i n i s t e r B l a i r :
The P r e s i d e n t :
I ' l l l e t you know. (e}
Goodbye, Tony.
(U)
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h U l s t e r U n i o n i s t P a r t y Leader
David T r i m b l e (U)
PARTICIPANTS
The P r e s i d e n t
David T r i m b l e
N o t e t a k e r s : Amy Swarm, Sean T a r v e r , and
R i c h a r d Norland
May 27, 2000, 11:57-11:59 a.m. EDT
The Residence
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
The
President
Hello.
Mr. T r i m b l e :
The
illo.
(U)
(U)
(U)
President
Mr. T r i m b l e :
The P r e s i d e n t
brilliant.
tyt]
Mr. Trimble: It is kind of unfortunate other people were
incensing their delegates, and there was more than a little bit
of dubious practices going on. There were some discrepancies in
the voting figures, and I have to see if we can't give ourselves
a bigger margin next time. (jt)
The
President:
Good.
I ' l l go back t o t h e o t h e r s on t h e CBMs.
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Mr.
Trimble:
Good.
I need a success s t o r y q u i c k l y .
(^T
The P r e s i d e n t : I w i l l go t o work on i t . But you were b r i l l i a n t .
I f o l l o w e d you on BBC and UTV. They may have t o g i v e you a
second Nobel Peace P r i z e .
^
Mr. T r i m b l e :
I t was q u i t e a weekend.
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The P r e s i d e n t : The w e i r d t h i n g about p o l i t i c s i s t h a t sometimes
you have t o t a k e more g r i e f from y o u r f r i e n d s than y o u r enemies.
Mr. T r i m b l e :
The P r e s i d e n t :
Yes.
W e l l , i t ' s good o f you t o c a l l .
Okay.
Thanks, f r i e n d .
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h Sinn F e i n Leader Gerry Adams (U)
PARTICIPANTS:
The P r e s i d e n t
Gerry Adams
Notetakers:
Sean T a r v e r , Amy Swarm, and
R i c h a r d Norland
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
May 27, 2000, 12:20-12:24 p.m. EDT
The Residence
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
H i , Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. Adams:
H e l l o . (U)
(U)
Gerry, i t ' s been a good day. (U)
Good day, s u r e l y .
Thanks f o r a l l your h e l p .
(U)
The P r e s i d e n t : Glad we c o u l d do i t .
I'm r e a l l y pleased. I
hated t o see T r i m b l e have t o go back t o a l l h i s c r a z i e s , b u t i t
came o u t okay. ^ 0
Mr. Adams: I t c o n t i n u e s t o be. f r u s t r a t i n g and messy. David
T r i m b l e ' s l i n e about " h o u s e - t r a i n i n g " Sinn F e i n doesn't h e l p . I
can l i v e w i t h i t , b u t i t w i l l upset t h e r e p u b l i c a n c o n s t i t u e n c y .
The President: I saw all that, but we've just got to get the
government up and calm everybody down. (j?)
Mr. Adams: You're r i g h t about t h a t . I have a l s o been w o r k i n g on
Downing S t r e e t t o claw back t h e e m a s c u l a t i o n o f t h e P a t t e n
report.
I a c t u a l l y had t o t a l k t o Number 10 on Thursday n i g h t
because we almost l o s t t h e c o n f i d e n c e - b u i l d i n g measure on t h i s
i s s u e -- t h e IRA were v e r y c l o s e t o i s s u i n g a statement. Any
k i n d o f f o r m a l meeting and we would have l o s t i t . They a r e v e r y
c l e a r . 0?T
The President: I don't think this whole letter thing amounted to
anything. I think we will be all right. [p)
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Mr. Adams:
Okay.
^5
Tbe President: I wanted t o t a l k t o everyone. The main t h i n g i s
to get the government up and keep moving forward on the Patten
Report and on CBMs. I t h i n k Trimble was j u s t traumatized by
having t o deal w i t h a l l those people. Sometimes i n p o l i t i c s our
f r i e n d s are our biggest problem.
Mr. Adams: I said so p u b l i c l y here, but once again we are at
t h i s p o i n t because of your unique understanding. I have been
saying t o people: l e t ' s make sure we get as much progress as we
can w h i l e you are i n the White House. I t i s no accident t h a t
t h i s has happened during your Presidency. Thanks again.
The President:
i t . (pi
Mr. Adams:
Yes. We've got almost e i g h t months, so we can do
We'll need you every day.
The President:
^
Have you given your commencement speech yet?
Mr. Adams: No, I w i l l be g i v i n g i t tomorrow morning.
again. (U)
The President.
Okay. Good bye.
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Thanks f o r a l l your help.
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SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern o f I r e l a n d
(U)
PARTICIPANTS:
President C l i n t o n
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern
Notetakers:
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
Sean T a r v e r and Amy Swarm
May 27, 2000, 12:45-12:49 p.m. EDT
The Residence
The P r e s i d e n t :
Hello.
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
The P r e s i d e n t :
(U)
H e l l o , Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
(U)
Hey, B e r t i e . (U)
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
The P r e s i d e n t :
How a r e you, B i l l ?
Congratulations.
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
(U)
I t was a good day. (U)
I t was a good day i n N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d .
The President: Back on St. Patrick's Day, I was a little
worried, but I feel good now. (jtf
Prime Minister Ahern: Trimble worked hard. He had to rally
troops. But it was a good win, because people are with him.
Public opinion was 80 to 20 with him. We now have to get the
Executive up and make as much progress as we can. We need the
republicans and the IRA to make quick gestures, but the key issue
is the Patten issue. Seamus Mallon has come out strongly in
favor of serious amendments. If we don't get into position soon
where they are recommending Catholics to the RUC, then.... It
brings us forward from where we were. {flfT
The P r e s i d e n t :
We j u s t g o t t o g e t t h e government back up and g e t
those CBMs done t o o . That w i l l change e v e r y t h i n g .
The u n i o n i s t s
w i l l c o m p l e t e l y change t h e i r mood when t h a t happens[gap].
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�Prime Minister Ahern: I think that has to happen quickly. The
pressure will be back on Trimble. If out of this he gets a quick
move on the CBMs, that will mean a lot. {£?)
The P r e s i d e n t :
Good.
(£0
Prime Minister Ahern: It is a good move. I don't know if anyone
mentioned it, but Mallon is worried about Patten and RUC, but if
we hold our nerve, we should be okay. (jZ)
The P r e s i d e n t :
I'll
call
Mallon.
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: Cheer him up. He i s g o i n g t o see Tony
B l a i r tomorrow, b u t j u s t t o g e t h i s c o n f i d e n c e up. How i s
e v e r y t h i n g w i t h you?
Campaigning?
The President: Hillary is doing well. I think she is going to
win that race. We've got two big issues this week -- China and
[gap] trying to pass the World AIDS initiative. I'm feeling kind
of good. ty?)
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
The P r e s i d e n t :
And Mbeki i s over w i t h you? (>Zl
Yes, he was here.
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern:
(U)
Give my regards t o H i l l a r y .
(U)
The P r e s i d e n t : I w i l l .
She was d o i n g g r e a t a g a i n s t G i u l i a n i and
now we have t o do a d i f f e r e n t race. A l had a good week. (U)
Prime M i n i s t e r Ahern: That's g r e a t . Thanks f o r t h e c a l l and a l l
y o u r work and i n t e r e s t .
You [gap] been o u t and we do a p p r e c i a t e
it.
(U)
The P r e s i d e n t :
Okay.
Keep i n t o u c h .
(U)
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MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
Telcon w i t h N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d Assembly Deputy
F i r s t M i n i s t e r Seamus M a l l o n (U)
PARTICIPANTS:
The P r e s i d e n t
Seamus M a l l o n
N o t e t a k e r s : Amy Swarm, Sean T a r v e r , and
Richard Norland
DATE, TIME
AND PLACE:
May 27, 2000, 1:20-1:21 p.m.
The Residence
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. M a l l o n :
(U).
H e l l o , Mr. P r e s i d e n t .
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. M a l l o n :
Hello.
Seamus, how a r e you?
Very w e l l .
EDT
How a r e you?
(U)
(U)
(U)
The President: I'm doing fine. I'm just glad the government is
going back up and this is really important and a good sign. I
think it has been a tough time for you. I talked to Tony Blair
today, and he assured me that they are going to go ahead and
implement the Patten report. I think we need to get on with
work.
ijt)
Mr. M a l l o n :
full,
Yes.
We w i l l have t o make sure he implements i t i n
oe-y
The P r e s i d e n t : I t h i n k he w i l l . There a r e d i f f i c u l t i e s f o r him,
b u t I t h i n k he i s i n t e n t on d o i n g i t . Get t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s back
up and t h e n g e t t h e IRA t o do t h e CBMs as promised. (JZT
Mr. M a l l o n :
P a t t e n i s t h e key f a c t o r now.
The President:
I agree with that.
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Mr. M a l l o n : I am seeing him tomorrow... s e e i n g B l a i r tomorrow and
I w i l l be g i v i n g him a s t r o n g message on i t . j^T"
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The President: Good. I will do what I can. I had a good talk
with him today. I told him you guys are worried about him
weakening it more, but he understands and I am hopeful, and just
wanted to say congratulations to you today and whatever I can do
to help, I will certainly do it.
tytf
Mr. M a l l o n : Thank you, Mr. P r e s i d e n t . We hope t o see you here
soon. I f you can make i t , you w i l l be v e r y welcome, and b r i n g
the g o l f c l u b s w i t h you. (U)
The P r e s i d e n t :
I w i l l do i t . (U)
Mr. M a l l o n : Thank you f o r e v e r y t h i n g you have done and we l o o k
f o r w a r d t o seeing you soon. (U)
The P r e s i d e n t :
Mr. M a l l o n :
Thanks, f r i e n d .
Thanks, B i l l .
(U)
W e ' l l be seeing you soon. (U)
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